Affiliation:
1. University of Massachusetts Amherst
Abstract
Taking advantage of Lima’s rich documentary record, this chapter begins
the process of recovering the images, material culture, and devotional
interactions of black and indigenous confraternities that have been erased
by colonialism. I propose that if we consider each confraternity as a “collection,”
we can situate their documented sacred images and possession as
“inventory items” that were actively collected and thoughtfully displayed,
rather than objects that were passively owned. I argue that black and
indigenous confraternities curated their religious and social experiences
and, thereby, came to visually define the artistic religious landscape of
Lima in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press