What is the name of knotted strings that the Incas used for sending messages and keeping records, as an alternative to writing?

Quechua
Chullo
Chacra
Quipu
A quipu usually consisted of cotton or camelid fiber strings. The Inca people used them for collecting data and keeping records, monitoring tax obligations, properly collecting census records, calendrical information, and for military organization.
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