Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

DECORATIVE PLATE

Date

1994

Materials

METAL (COPPER?)

No. Pieces

1

Height

2.5

Diameter

19.1

Description

PLATE IS PRIMARILY COPPER IN COLOR, WITH 4 GOLD DESIGNS. IN THE CENTER OF THE PLATE, IS A FIGURE IN THE CLASSICAL PERUVIAN STYLE. WHILE THE ACTUAL BODY OF THE FIGURE IS THE SAME AS THE PLATE. HOWEVER, THE FIGURE'S CLOTHES (ARMOR) ARE MULTI-COLORED - BLUE, RED, GREEN, YELLOW. ON THE BACK OF THE PLATE, THERE IS A STICKER WHICH STATES "PRESENTED BY ALDERMAN MEDARDO AQUI JE ON BEHALF OF MAYOR ZARATE ICA, PERU ON THE OCCASION OF HIS VISIT TO LETHBRIDGE, SEPTEMBER. 94".

Subjects

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

POLITICS

History

GIVEN AS A GIFT TO THE CITY FROM ICA PERU DURING THE PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE WITH LETHBRIDGE AND THAT PERUVIAN CITY STARTED BETWEEN 1990 AND 1991. THIS PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE WAS DESIGNED TO HELP ICA PERU DEVELOP BETTER, MORE EFFICIENT METHODS OF ORGANIZING AND RUNNING THE CITY. UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS NOT TOO SUCCESSFUL DUE TO THE FACT THAT EVERY TIME THE MAYOR WAS REPLACED (THEY COULD ONLY SERVE ONE TERM), A NEW BUREAUCRACY WAS INSTATED AS WELL. THIS BUREAUCRACY WAS NOT AWARE OF THE INFORMATION GIVEN TO THE PREVIOUS CITY EMPLOYEES, AND THEREFORE ANY HEADWAY MADE 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

P19980048006

Acquisition Date

2002-02

Collection

Museum

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