Oro y plata
Subtitle: el resplandor de America
By: curaduría: Gloria Cortes y Francisco Gallardo ; textos: Carlos Aldunate...[et al.].
Contributors: Gallardo I., Francisco; Aldunate del Solar, Carlos; Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda (Chile)
Publisher: Centro Cultural Palacio la Moneda
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santiago, Chile
Language: spa
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9789568529222
Subjects: Indian goldwork; Exhibitions; Indians of South America; Jewelry; Silver jewelry; Antiquities
Description: Major exhibition presenting a selection of 440 objects made of gold and silver in America spanning from Pre-Columbian times to the formation of the Chilean Republic and that represent symbols of power and hierarchy. These valuable and richly decorated pieces are from the holdings of diverse collections from important museums in Latin America (Chile, Argentina, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Uruguay)
Notes: Catalogue of exhibition held Sep. 2 - Nov. 28, 2010 at the Centro Cultural Palacio la Moneda, Santiago de Chile.

Includes glossary.
Table of contents: title: Prólogo /; title: Carlos Aldunate del Solar; title: Oro y plata: el resplandor de America  -- Gloria Cortes Aliaga, curadora; title: Oro y plata: America precolombina: un ensayo acerca del valor  -- Francisco Gallardo Ibáñez, curador; title: La metalurgia prehispánica de Colombia y el mito de "El Dorado"  -- Clara Isabel Botero; title: Potosí, la maravilla de America. La montaña de plata y la orfebrería en Charcas y Bolivia -- Pedro Querejazu Leyton-- El mundo sagrado-- Animales fantásticos y seres sobrenaturales-- Emblemas de poder-- Los arreos y el hombre-- La platería mapuche-- Platería civil-- Emblemas republicanos.