Museo del Barro description and photos - Paraguay: Asuncion (Topic)

Museo del Barro description and photos - Paraguay: Asuncion. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Museo del Barro.

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The Del Barro Museum is located on the outskirts of Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay. The museum was founded in 1972 by Olga Blinder and Carlos Colombino. For seven long years, their collection of prints, drawings and ceramics was transported from one exhibition hall to another until a permanent place was found for it. Today, the museum consists of three subdivisions: the Museum of Ceramics, the Art Museum of Indigenous Peoples and the Paraguayan Museum of Contemporary Art.

The Museum of Ceramics exhibits about 300 samples of pre-Columbian ceramics and about 4 thousand art objects made of wood, fabric and metal and dated from the 17th century to the present.

The Museum of Indigenous Art displays baskets, masks, vessels, carved figurines, feather ornaments, lace, created by various ethnic groups living in Paraguay. The pride of the collection of 1,700 pieces is the five ceremonial costumes of the Ishir ethnic group from the Alto Paraguay department, which were worn during the annual ritual called Debilibi. Feathers of various tropical birds are sewn onto the fabric of the costumes. About 90% of the Indigenous Art Museum's exhibits were purchased from various indigenous communities, craft shops and private collections.

The Museum of Contemporary Art has a collection of paintings by Latin American artists. Here you can see about 3 thousand drawings, paintings, prints, sculptures by Paraguayan, Argentine, Brazilian and Chilean masters. Of particular note are the works of Livio Abramo, Pedro Aguero, Mabel Arkondo, Olga Blinder, Luis Alberto Bo.

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