bow (?)

bow (?)

bow (?)

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Introduction

A piece of bone?, possibly a bow. Collected by G.C. Beltrami in Wisconsin in 1823. In this period, the four main nations in this region were the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), Menominee, Anishinaabe, and Potawatomi. 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 Origin

According to Tanner (1987), "The Wisconsin region, a part of Michigan Territory in 1830, retained its characteristic population of four major Indian tribes, Winnebago [Ho-Chunk], Menominee, Ojibwa [Anishinaabe], and Potawatomi, as well as a small number of French and Métis." (p.143)

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum documentation and secondary sources.

Materials

bone?

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: grasac_1535
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.

Sources to Learn More

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

Tanner, H. H. "Indian Villages c.1830: Wisconsin Region of Michigan Territory," Atlas of Great Lakes Indian History (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1987): 143-6.

GKS Reference Number: 24656
Record Creation Context

This record was first created 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

Researchers present: Emanuela Rossi

Approximate Place of Origin

43.7918, -84.2994

Source of Information about Places

According to museum documentation, the item was collected by Beltrami in Wisconsin. In the Beltrami s Collection Catalogue, the author, Leonardo Vigorelli, defines "Upper Mississippi" as the Cultural Area of Origin. He defines "Northeast" as the Geographic Area.