Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

PERUVIAN PLATE

Date

1995

Materials

METAL, WOOD

No. Pieces

2

Height

1.9

Diameter

34.0

Description

LARGE PLATE, IS PRIMARILY BRONZE IN COLOR, WITH GOLD ORNAMENTATION AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE PLATE. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PLATE, THERE IS THE WORD "PERU" STAMPED IN GOLD COLORED METAL. IN THE CENTER THERE IS A SHIELD SURROUNDED BY GREEN LEAVES. IN THE SHIELD THERE IS A LLAMA, A TREE AND A CORNUCOPIA IN THE LARGEST. AT BOTTOM MOST PORTION OF THE SHIELD. BENEATH THE SHIELD IS A SMALL METAL PIECE WHICH READS "TO DAVID CARPENTER F.C.A. MAYOR CITY OF LETHBRIDGE OF LIC ROAS ZARATES ALCADEZA DE ICA PERU 26-06-95". ALONG WITH THE PLATE IS A WOODEN STAND ON WHICH THE PLATE CAN REST. THE STAND IS DARK BROWN, AND HAS NO MARKINGS.

Subjects

CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

POLITICS

History

GIVEN AS A GIFT FROM ICA PERU DURING THE PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE WITH LETHBRIDGE AND THAT PERUVIAN CITY. 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

P19980048011

Acquisition Date

2002-02

Collection

Museum

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