Mate coquimbano is a mate cup style produced in 19th century in the area near the port of Coquimbo in northern Chile.[1] The Mate coquimbano is typically made of low grade silver alloy with sparse geometric or vegetal motiff decoration made of copper or bronze.[1] The silver used originated in the mining district of Chañarcillo,[1] where a silver rush took place in the 1830s and 1840s.[2] Being cheaper than mate cups of purer silver and gold Mate coquimbano cups were common among the populace.[1]
Contrary to many contemporary mate cups in Chile that had until then followed European fashionable styles such as Baroque and Neoclassicism the Mate coquimbano had evident mestizo influences.[3] Over time aspects of the Mate coquimbano style diffused into the neighboring Andean region of Argentina.[1]
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edit- ^ a b c d e "Mate coquimbano". Museo de Artes Decorativas (in Spanish). Servicio Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural. Retrieved 2020-08-30.
- ^ Bethell, Leslie, ed. (1993). Chile Since Independence. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 13–14. ISBN 978-0-521-43375-4. LCCN 92017160. OCLC 25873947.
- ^ "Mate (24-217)". Surdoc. Retrieved 2020-08-30.