DepartmentLatin America
Print, Deuda Externa Conquistamos, Cuanto Mas Pagamos, Mas Debemos / External Debt Conquers Us, The More We Pay, The More We Owe
NamePrint
Maker
Miguel Det
(Peruvian)
Date2000-2011
Place madeLima, Lima, Peru, South America
MediumPaper, ink
Dimensions16 9/16 × 11 11/16 × 3/8 in. (42 × 29.7 × 1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.2017.43.20
Object numberFA.2017.43.20
DescriptionLinework print on white paper. Image of four people. There is a clean-shaven man with a blindfold, a bald person covered with bags crawling on hands and knees, a man with a mustache who appears to have a thrid arm protruding from his chest, and a naked woman. At the bottom there appears to be stylized fire around the feet of the men. At the top are the words, "Deuda Externa Conquistamos, Cuanto Mas Pagamos, Mas Debemos."
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1900
Artist unrecorded
Artist unrecorded
Meiji Period, late 19th century