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lacrosse stick
lacrosse stick
lacrosse stick
A lacrosse stick with four "X" motifs burned on one side, and four pairs of parallel lines burned on the other side. The stick has been attributed to the Chippewa, or the Anishinaabe, based on manufacturing techniques. 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.
Leonardo Vigorelli states in his catalogue that: " la decorazione del manufatto fa ritenere che esso sia di produzione Chippewa anche se non e'' possibile un''attribuzione certa" (50). [The manufacture and decoration suggests a Chippewa attribution, though it is not possible to be certain]
Museum documentation.
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wood, ash; leather thong
Made of wood, with leather thong woven through holes in the top round section to form a net. Motifs have been burned along the stick.
Four "X" motifs are burned on one side, and four pairs of parallel lines are burned on the other side.
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 Collection 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.
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.
Researcher present: Emanuela Rossi
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The author of the Beltrami Collection Catalogue, Leonardo Vigorelli, defines "Upper Mississippi" the Cultural Area of Origin and "Northeast" as the Geographic Area.