powder horn

powder horn

powder horn

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Introduction

A powder horn. Probably made by a Euro-North American. Collected by G.C. Beltrami from North America around 1823. Beltrami's collection catalogue states that around 1856, Beltrami's nephew donated several objects to the Civic Library of Bergamo, and later transferred to the Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali.

Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Museum documentation.

Materials

horn; wood; nails

Techniques or Format

Made of horn.

Dimensions: 29 × 0 × 0 cm
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: grasac_1531
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: around 1823?
Collection Narratives and Histories

Beltrami's collection catalogue states that around 1856, Beltrami's nephew donated several objects to the Civic Library of Bergamo, and 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.

GKS Reference Number: 26161
Record Creation Context

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.

Record Creation Notes/Observations

Researcher present: Emanuela Rossi.

Approximate Place of Origin

44.736, -88.788

Source of Information about Places

Possibly European. Powder horns were created and used by Euro-North Americans during the eighteenth century.