Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

PERUVIAN BOX

Date Range From

1980

Date Range To

1999

Materials

LEATHER, FELT

No. Pieces

1

Height

3.5

Length

12.2

Width

13.9

Description

BOX IS HEXAGONAL IN SHAPE, AND MADE OUT OF LIGHT TAN LEATHER. ON THE LID THERE IS A PICTURE OF TWO PEOPLE IN FRONT OF A PERUVIANESQUE SCENE WITH A MOUNTAIN IN THE BACKGROUND, AND TWO HOUSES. THERE IS ONLY A LITTLE COLOR IN THIS IMAGE, MAINLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE ARTICLES OF CLOTHING WORN BY THESE INDIVIDUALS, AND THE HOUSES BEHIND THEM - ANY OTHER IMAGE IS OUTLINED IN DARK BROWN. UNDER ONE INDIVIDUAL (CLOSEST TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE BOX IS WRITTEN "PERU"). THE INSIDE OF THE BOX IS LINED WITH RED FELT. ON EACH OF THE SIX SIDES, A SIMPLY DARK BROWN SQUARE IS SEEN.

Subjects

HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

COMMEMORATIVE

POLITICS

History

FROM ICA PERU, A GIFT DURING THE PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM BETWEEN LETHBRIDGE AND ICA WHICH STARTED BETWEEN 1990 AND 1991. MAJOR PART OF EXCHANGE WAS THE ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF ICA PERU BY ASSISTING IN IMPROVING THE BUREAUCRACY. NOT PARTICULARLY SUCCESSFUL, SINCE EVERYTIME THE SEAT OF THE MAYOR CHANGED (MAXIMUM ONE TERM), THE BUREAUCRACY DID AS WELL, AND SO, ANY HELPFUL INFORMATION GIVEN WAS LOST. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING SOME ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXCHANGE BETWEEN ICA, PERU AND THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM BETWEEN ICA, PERU AND LETHBRIDGE WAS FOUND IN LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES FROM JANUARY 30 AND OCTOBER 16, 1991. IN JANUARY 1991 THE MAYOR AND CITY DIRECTOR OF ICA, PERU VISITED LETHBRIDGE FOR 10 DAYS TO OBSERVE THE OPERATION OF VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS THROUGH THE MUNICIPAL PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE PROJEXT. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO MATCH MANAGERIAL AND TECHNICAL EXPERTS IN CANADIAN MUNICIPALITIES WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. AT THE TIME OF THE EXCHANGE, ICA WAS A COMMUNITY OF 200,000 PEOPLE, WITH AGRICULTURE AND WINE PRODUCTION BEING ITS TWO LARGEST INDUSTRIES. A SECOND PERUVIAN DELEGATION VISITED LETHBRIDGE IN OCTOBER 1991, AND A THIRD WAS MEANT TO ARRIVE IN EARLY 1992, BUT NO ARTICLES WERE FOUND TO SUGGEST THAT THE PROGRAM CONTINUED FURTHER. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19980048014 FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE ARTICLES.

Catalogue Number

P19980048012

Acquisition Date

2002-02

Collection

Museum

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