Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

PERUVIAN PLAQUE

Date

1994

Materials

WOOD, METAL

No. Pieces

1

Height

1.8

Length

25.5

Width

19.2

Description

CENTERED ON PLAQUE IS A METAL PLATE IN THE SHAPE OF THE TOWN OF ICA PERU'S SHIELD WITH A KNIGHTS HELMET ON TOP. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SHIELD IN A BANNER, IT STATES "GUIDAD DE ICA". UNDER THE SHIELD THERE IS A METAL PIECE WHICH RECOGNIZES MAYOR CARPENTER (1986 - 2001) AND THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF AN "EXCHANGE PROGRAM". THE PLAQUE IS FROM "ROSA ZARATE S. MAYOR OF ICA - PERU SEPT. 12 1994".

Subjects

CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

POLITICS

History

THIS PLAQUE WAS GIVEN TO MAYOR CARPENTER (1986 - 2001) AS PART OF A PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE 'BRIDGE' PROGRAM BETWEEN LETHBRIDGE AND ICA PERU. THIS WAS A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO HELP THE PERUVIAN CITY DEVELOP IT'S HUMAN AND BUREAUCRATIC RESOURCES AND BECOME MORE EFFICIENT. HOWEVER, THIS WAS NOT PARTICULARLY SUCCESSFUL SINCE WITH EVERY NEW MAYOR, A NEW BUREAUCRACY WAS INSTITUTED. WITH THIS CHANGE IN THE ENTIRE CITY WORK FORCE, THERE WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION LOST THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ACQUIRED BY THE REPLACED BUREAUCRACY THROUGH THIS EXCHANGE PROGRAM. *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

P19980048005

Acquisition Date

2002-02

Collection

Museum

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