Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Math Props from Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019), about 80 minutes in. It's a quipu!

Please comment if you know of any other math props in film or TV!

All quipus in photos are authentic Inca quipus, as far as I know, except the one in my office.

Quipu photo with black background by Wikimedia user Lyndsaruell, licensed CC-BY-SA-3.0.
Quipu photo with white background by Wikimedia user Pi3.124, licensed CC-BY-SA-4.0

Curta image CC-BY-SA-3.0 France by Wikimedia user Rama.

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