loincloth

loincloth

loincloth

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Introduction

A tanned hide loincloth decorated with quillwork. Collected by G.C. Beltrami in Wisconsin in 1823. Around 1856, Beltrami's nephew donated several objects, including this one, to the Civic Library of Bergamo. Later the collection was transferred to the Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali, its current location.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

Leonardo Vigorelli, the author of the Beltrami Collection catalogue, deduces that the "Local Group of Origin" is "Chippewa".

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

This description is based on museum documentation.

Materials

leather; porcupine quills, dyed purple, orange, and pink; sinew; commercial silk; commercial cotton yarn

Techniques or Format

The leather panels are decorated with quillwork and edged with green silk. They are both attached to a strip of tanned hide, which appears to be a different type of hide than the panels.

Motifs and Patterns

Heart, double curve, four-lobed shape, circles.

Dimensions: 28 × 22 × 0 cm
Condition: Good
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: grasac_1377
Collection at Current Location: Collezione Beltrami
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1850s
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: The Civic Library of Bergamo
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 1823
Collection Narratives and Histories

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.

Exhibition History

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. In 1988, this object was in the exhibit "The Spirit Sings", Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta.In 1988 this drum was loaned for the exhibit "The Spirit Sings", Glanbow Museum, Alberta.

Publication History

Beltrami Collection Catalogue.
Vigorelli, Gli Oggetti indiani raccolti da G.Costantino Beltrami, p. 53.

Sources to Learn More

Leonardo Vigorelli, Gli Oggetti indiani raccolti da G.Costantino Beltrami, Civico Museo E. Caffi, Bergamo, 1987.

GKS Reference Number: 25669
Record Creation Context

This record was first by Emanuela Rossi after a trip funded by GRASAC to the Museo Civico E. Caffi in Bergamo, Italy in October 2008.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Researcher present: Emanuela Rossi

Approximate Place of Origin

44.736, -88.788

Source of Information about Places

In the Beltrami Collection Catalogue, the author, Leonardo Vigorelli, defines "Upper Mississippi" the Cultural Area of Origin. He defines "Northeast" as the Geographic Area.