hood, baby carrier

hood, baby carrier

hood, baby carrier

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Introduction

A hood for a baby carrier. Collected by G.C. Beltrami in Wisconsin in 1823. According to deductions made from the catalogue information, it is likely Anishinaabe (Chippewa). 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 Other
Nation of Origin

Leonardo Vigorelli deduces that the "Local Group of Origin", as he writes in the Beltrami Collection's Catalogue, is "Chippewa".

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum documentation and GRASAC comments.

Materials

hide; moose hair; porcupine quills in cream, black and red; metal cones; paint; leather thong; thread or sinew

Techniques or Format

A rectangular piece of hide is quilled on one side, with metal tinkle cones along the bottom edge. The quillwork is in two identical long rectangles, with hourglass shapes. There is a hole in each corner, two of which, diagonally opposite one another, have long leather thongs attached

Motifs and Patterns

Hourglass shapes and diamonds.

Dimensions: 46 × 0 × 15 cm
Condition: Good. Some of the quillwork has fallen off or deteriorated.
Current Location: Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali, Bergamo, Italy
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: grasac_1357
Collection at Current Location: Collezione Beltrami
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1823
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Beltrami's Collection catalogue, which states that around 1856, Beltrami's nephew donated several objects to 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 are 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.

Publication History

Beltrami's Collection Catalogue. Vigorelli, Gli Oggetti indiani raccolti da G.Costantino Beltrami.

Sources to Learn More

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

GKS Reference Number: 24841
Record Creation Context

This record has been 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

45.7171, -81.6848

Source of Information about Places

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

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