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rattle
rattle
rattle
A rawhide rattle with a wooden handle. Probably Santee Sioux (Eastern Dakota). Collected by G.C. Beltrami in 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, its current location.
The author of the Beltrami Collection catalogue, Leonardo Vigorelli, attributed this item to the "Santee Sioux." The Santee Sioux are also known as the Eastern Dakota
Museum documentation.
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leather; rawhide; wood; sinew; porcupine quills
The rattle's top is made of rawhide, sewn with sinew and attached to a leather handle wrapped in rawhide. Attached to the top of the rattle is a tassel made of leather thong wrapped with porcupine quills at intervals (many of the quills have fallen off).
This may be a war rattle.
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.
The Beltrami Collection catalogue. Vigorelli, Gli Oggetti indiani raccolti da G.Costantino Beltrami (p.34).
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.
42.7113, -97.8423
In the Beltrami Collection Catalogue, the author, Leonardo Vigorelli, defines "Upper Mississippi" as the Cultural Area of Origin. He defines "Northern Plains" as the Geographic Area.