Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

PERUVIAN PLAQUE

Date

1993

Materials

WOOD, LEATHER

No. Pieces

1

Height

2.5

Length

43.4

Width

32.3

Description

THE BASE OF THE PLAQUE IS MADE OF LIGHT COLORED WOOD. INSTEAD OF THE STANDARD METAL PLATE ON WHICH INFORMATION IS PRESENTED, THIS PLAQUE USES A PIECE OF LEATHER. AT THE TOP OF THE LEATHER PIECE, THERE IS THE FOLLOWING WRITING, "LA ALCALDESA REGIDORES DE LA MUNICIPALIDAD PROVINCIAL DE ICA". BESIDE THIS WRITING IS A SLIGHTLY STYLIZED DRAWING OF THEIR SHIELD. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PLAQUE, THERE IS A QUAINT STYLISTIC IMAGE OF THE PERUVIAN COUNTRYSIDE.

Subjects

CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

POLITICS

History

THIS PLAQUE, FROM ICA, PERU CELEBRATES THE PROFESSIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM BETWEEN THE PERUVIAN CITY AND LETHBRIDGE. THIS EXCHANGE WAS MEANT TO ASSIST IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ICA BUREAUCRACY, MAKING IT MORE EFFICIENT, AND MODERN. HOWEVER, THIS WAS NOT PARTICULARLY SUCCESSFUL SINCE WITH EACH NEW MAYOR (A MAYOR COULD BY LAW ONLY SERVE ONE TERM), AN ENTIRELY NEW BUREAUCRACY WAS INSTATED, THEREFORE, ANY KNOWLEDGE THE PREVIOUS BUREAUCRACY WOULD HAVE GAINED THROUGH THIS EXCHANGE WAS LOST WHEN THEY WERE REPLACED. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. 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 FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE ARTICLES.

Catalogue Number

P19980048014

Acquisition Date

2002-02

Collection

Museum

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