Colección de Artesanía UC: Recent submissions
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Llepu
Round basket with a flat base weaved in spiral and made with he coil technique. It is a piece used to throw or clean grains, and to do so the seeds are put on it and then they are thrown to the air and the received. This way, grain is separated from straw and dust. -
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Jergón
Rectangular textile piece. It has different colors such as red, yellow, white, black, pink and blue. It features some lengthwise parallel strips, giving rhythm and uniformity to the design. The thickness and use of color alternates and 4 strips presenting resist dyeing or ikat. -
Manta Cacique Aymara
Natural brown camelid hair poncho made of two pieces, leaving an opening in the middle for the head. None of the pieces have designs and the textile border has a sewn pink and green trimming. -
Manta Cacique Mapuche - Trarican Macuñ
Black and white wool poncho, with an opening in the middle and a design that forms three big parallel vertical stripes, formed by a stepped motif. By separating these stepped stripes, it has thin vertical parallel lines. The background is black and the figures and lines are white. It has fringes on the sides. -
Chamanto
Traditional male poncho from the Central zone. This rectangular textile piece is woven in two pieces falling over the torso. It has a obverse and reverse. It has floral designs in six areas. These elements are combined in dark red, ochre, black and light red. -
Chivo
It consists of a zoomorphic moneybox representing a young goat and its offspring. A major ovoid body figure that has a smaller animal on its back can be appreciated. The polished black surface has concise floral white decorations on the side of the figure. The name of the artisan is also included: Victorina Gallegos. Victorina integrates the Unión de Artesanos Quinchamalí (Quinchamalí Artisans ... -
Epu Alka Metawe
It consists of a zoomorphic jar that evokes the form of a hen with two heads. it is made of ceramic and it has a central upper handle and a rear mouth on each bird head. Its surface is polished and it has modeling and incises. A different coloring is observed in the surface due to direct burning. Dominga Neculman Mariqueo was born in 1937 in the mapuche community of Juan Mariqueo, in the rural town ... -
Iglesia
Hand-modeled clay figure representing a religious building. It has a flat base with four legs and three bays equivalent to porticos, one for the main chapel and two for the base of each side tower. On the top of the chapel there is a figure with a staff. The towers have four levels and they have a cross at the top just like the main chapel. Inside the towers there are some praying figures. Edita ... -
Olla Colorera
Globular shaped container, with a smaller base that grows and then gets smaller to become a short neck with a circular opening on the end. It has a handle on each side of the neck. Between the 17th and 19th Centuries, with the indigenous towns formed in the Central zone, there are new demands from the farming production and dwelling. With regard to the old indigenous utensils used to make and ... -
La Hornera
Piece that represents a feminine figure putting some empanadas in a mud oven. In front of her there is a table that has a purple tablecloth and 10 empanadas. The woman is wearing a red dress with blue flowers on it and a white apron. Her hair is black and she has a bun on her head. The oven is coffee brown like mud and has two openings. the scene is glued to a green base that has small elements ... -
Pichel
Globular ochre ceramic decoration object made of a round base, a round body with a curved dispenser or mouth and a leaf-decorated handle. It also has a neck which is also curved and with a cover decorated with flowers and birds. It features a golden, brown and black decoration. -
Cántaro
Small-base water container that grows, then suddenly gets smaller and presents a small throat that gives shape to the mouth. It has a small handle on the side that goes from the opening to the base of the base of the neck. -
Ocarina Quirquincho
Wind instrument made of cooked clay. This object refers to the quirquincho (a kind of armadillo) and on its shell we can observe designs that evoke the fertile countryside from America. I has 6 holes, a mouthpiece and a leather strap. This piece was made at Arcoiris workshop and received the 2008 UNESCO Seal of Excellence in Handicrafts. Sergio García and Marco Donoso's ocarinas are the direct ... -
Matera
Traditional scene that has an anthropomorphic feminine figure as the main character, she has her hair tied on the top of her head, she's sitting on a chair with a mate in her right hand. On the table, we see a jar and a bread basket and next to it there is a brazier with a pot. This scene represents a mate usual consumption custom; a moment of meditation, rest and/or socialization in the Chilean ...
