The art of being Diaguita
- A little history
- Chino Dances
- Ways of “being Diaguita before the Inka period
- The origins of Diaguita art and culture can be found in Las Ánimas
- Several ceramic styles coexisted in the Norte Chico, representing different modes of “being Diaguita”. One of these was the Fourth Style.
- Like many pre-Hispanic peoples, the Diaguita felt a need to represent themselves in their ceramics
- Color was not the only way in which the Diaguita expressed their identity
- Diaguita ceramics exhibiting bird, feline and reptile faces
- Diaguita tricolor vessels and their shamanic geometries
- Identities in transformation
- The textiles of the Angualasto culture give us an idea of how their Chilean contemporaries, the Diaguita, dressed.
- Objects found in graves prove that Diaguita identity transcended death
- The Diaguita also had fertility cults
- Sounds and melodies accompanied Diaguita ceremonies and rituals
- Shamanic trance played a central role in “being Diaguita”
- By consuming hallucinogenic substances, certain individuals acquired the identity and powers of their guardian animals
- Ways of “being Diaguita” in Inka times
- After the Inka conquest, the Diaguita modified some elements of their culture
- The Diaguita served as agents of the Empire during the Inka expansion into Chile’s Central Valley
- As allies of the Inkas, the Diaguita helped with the administration of the Copiapó Valley
- The Diaguita and the “red metal”
- The Diaguita’s emblematic stone fascinated the Inkas
- The Norte Chico today: Diaguita, in their own way
- Epilogue
- Créditos
Créditos
EXPOSICIÓN EL ARTE DE SER DIAGUITA
Organiza
Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino
Curaduría, conservación, audiovisuales y administración
Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino
Diseño, fabricación y montaje
N.O.T. No Ordinary Things
Diseño gráfico e ilustraciones
Draft
Iluminación
Estudiopar
Animación
Max Rosenthal
Colaboradores
Cecilia Uribe Echeverría
(Curaduría)
Pablo Solar Vera
(Ilustraciones B/N y animación
de “Historia de un jarro-pato”)
Francisca Solar Vera
(Fotografías colecciones
museológicas)
Valentina Castillo Pinaud
(Restauración cerámica)
Magdalena Guajardo Matta
(Conservación textil)
Traducción al Inglés
Joan Donaghey