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Museum Of Pre-Columbian And Indigenous Art
The Museum of Pre-Columbian and Indigenous Art ( Spanish: Museo de Arte Precolombino e Indígena) is an ethnographic museum located in Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo, Uruguay, dedicated to the indigenous cultures of different parts of Latin America. History At the end of the 19th century, the building was planned by Emilio Reus together with two German architects, with the intention of being a hydrothermal medical establishment, In 1888, the building was constructed and in 1986, the building was declared a National Historic Monument. The building was used as the headquarters of the Ministry of National Defense, until at some point the building was abandoned. In 2004, the building was renovated and the museum was established. In 2013, the museum was incorporated into the Google Arts & Culture platform. Collections The museum has more than 700 exhibits on ethnographic or archeological themes. The museum mainly focuses on the culture of the indigenous people in Uruguay, but there a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ethnographic Museum
Ethnographic museums conserve, display and contextualize items relevant to the field of ethnography, the systematic study of people and cultures. Such museums include: List by country/region Albania * Ethnographic Museum of Kavajë, * Gjirokastër Ethnographic Museum * National Ethnographic Museum (Berat) * Solomon Museum, Berat Argentina * Juan B. Ambrosetti Museum of Ethnography Azerbaijan * Gala State Historical Ethnographic Reserve, Baku * Historical-ethnographic museum of Khinalug village * Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography, Baku * National Museum of History of Azerbaijan, Baku * Nizami Ganjavi Ganja State History-Ethnography Museum Bulgaria * Ethnographic and Archeological Museum, Elhovo Brunei * Malay Technology Museum China * China Ethnic Museum, Beijing Croatia * Ethnographic Museum, Zagreb, Croatia Czech Republic * Ethnographic Museum of the National Museum, Prague Ethiopia * Ethnological Museum, Addis Ababa France * '' Musée alsacien'', Strasbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capulí Culture
The Capulí culture refers to an archaeological classification for a group in Pre-Columbian South America on the Andean plain in what is now northern Ecuador and southern Colombia. The Capulí preceded the Piartal and Tuza cultures in the archaeological record ranging from around 800 to 1500 CE. The Capulí culture left a strong record through its pottery. The Capulí had distinctive black on dark red pottery with rectilinear geometric designs. The anthropomorphic pottery statues of the Capulí can be striking. Women are depicted with a wrap that extends from the armpit to the ankle while men have loincloths and are often shown with an object such as a drum or animal. These figures are often called ''coqueros'' because they are depicted with wads of coca leaves in their mouths. Scholars have associated the figures with shamans and possible funerary rituals. Capulí goldwork is similar to that of later Ecuadoran and Columbian cultures. Smiths hammered and soldered high-carat gold i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1888 Establishments In Uruguay
In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late as 2888, which has 14 digits. Events January–March * January 3 – The 91-centimeter telescope at Lick Observatory in California is first used. * January 12 – The Schoolhouse Blizzard hits Dakota Territory, the states of Montana, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Texas, leaving 235 dead, many of them children on their way home from school. * January 13 – The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C. * January 21 – The Amateur Athletic Union is founded by William Buckingham Curtis in the United States. * January 26 – The Lawn Tennis Association is founded in England. * February 6 – Gillis Bildt becomes Prime Minister of Sweden (1888–1889). * February 27 – In West Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Establishments In Uruguay
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. The sum of the first four prime numbers two + three + five + seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an odd prime number, seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, three and five, which are the first two Fermat primes, like seventeen, which is the third. On the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
