calendar stick

calendar stick
палка-календарь
У индейцев пима [Pima] и папаго [Papago], палка с вырезанными на ней символами, по которым знающий их значение может пересказать хронологию событий последних лет

English-Russian dictionary of regional studies. 2013.

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