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drum, single-headed
drum, single-headed
drum, single-headed
A single headed drum with a red manitu head centered in an area that can be read as an equal-armed cross superimposed on the circle formed by the perimeter of the drum. The museum catalogue for this item attributes it to the "Santee Sioux" (Eastern Dakota). Collected by G.C. Beltrami in Wisconsin in 1823. Beltrami's collection catalogue states that around 1856, Beltrami's nephew donated several objects to the Civic Library of Bergamo, which were later transferred to the Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali, its current location.
In The Beltrami Collection catalogue, the "Local Group of Origin" is listed as "Santee Sioux".
The Spirit Sings. Artistic traditions of Canada''s First peoples. A Catalogue of the Exhibition, Glenbow-Alberta Institute, 1987, p. 60
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animal hide; sinew; wood; paint, red
The drum is made of hide stretched over a wooden frame. A red image is painted on the drum.
A red manitu head centered in an area that can be read as an equal-armed cross superimposed on the circle formed by the perimeter of the drum.
Provenance
Collected by G.C. Beltrami from Wisconsin in 1823. Beltrami's collection catalogue states that around 1856, Beltrami's nephew donated several objects to the Civic Library of Bergamo, which were later transferred to the Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali.
The Beltrami Collection was exhibited in Florence in 1929 during the "Prima Esposizione Nazionale di Storia delle Scienze" (First National Exposition of History of Sciences"). In 1973, during a celebration of the Beltrami exhibit, Glauco Luchetti donated three objects from his own collection, which were located in Beltrami's last house in Filottrano, to the "Museo Civico E. Caffi". In 1987 the collection was used in the exhibit entitled "Missisippi 1823. Oggetti indiani raccolti da G. Costantino Beltrami" in the Galleria Lorenzelli in Bergamo.
Beltrami s catalogue. Vigorelli, Gli Oggetti indiani raccolti da G.Costantino Beltrami.
Leonardo Vigorelli, Gli Oggetti indiani raccolti da G.Costantino Beltrami, Civico Museo E. Caffi, Bergamo, 1987.
The Spirit Sings. Artistic traditions of Canada''s First peoples. A Catalogue of the Exhibition, Glenbow-Alberta Institute, 1987, p. 60.
About This GRASAC Record
This record was created by Emanuela Rossi after a trip, funded by GRASAC, to the Museo Civico E. Caffi in Bergamo, Italy in October 2008.
Researchers present: Emanuela Rossi
42.7113, -97.8423
In the Beltrami Collection catalogue, the author, Leonardo Vigorelli, defines "Upper Mississippi" as the Cultural Area of Origin. He defines "Northern Plains" as the Geographic Area.