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Description:

Photograph in rectangular format and vertical layout. Long shot of the audience around the organizers and representatives of the opening event. The latter, from left to right:
Alejandro Gumucio Harriet, Argentina Minister Counsellor.
Mr. Hernan Videla Lira, ambassador of Chile.
Dr. Alejandro Caride, Argentina’s deputy minister of Culture.
Samuel Oliver, director of the Bellas Artes Museum in Argentina.
At the back, Mapuche blankets and hats are hanging on the wall. In the center, a large human-head-shaped figure with carved steps, called kemukemu (Machi stair), can be distinguished.

Context:

The Platería Araucana (Araucanian silver-smithing) exhibition belongs to one of the international exhibitions of the museum. This collection, recently renamed Colección Mapuche (Mapuche Collection) was exhibited in the Bellas Artes National Museum of Argentina in 1966. The exhibition was opened on September 7th and remained open until September 22nd. It displayed over 390 pieces from that collection, formed by silver pieces such as the apero, stirrups, spurs, earrings, rings, and breastguard. It was also by textiles, wooden objects, leather, basket making, and musical instruments.

Subjects:
Argentina, International Exhibitions, Itinerant exhibition, Mapuche Collection, Textile