In our house, we have numerous knotted rope toys, in varying lengths, available to the Herd. (snowdog.guru)
One recent sculpture in this mode, Quipu Womb (The Story of the Red Thread, Athens)(2017), was a standout at last year's Documenta 14, its thick knotted ropes of scarlet wool hanging down a dramatic 26 feet. (artsy.net)
The text is the soul, and the book — or scroll, or vellum, or clay tablet or knotted rope in the case of quipu — is the perishable body. (fallingintoinfinity.com)