scrolls, birch bark

scrolls, birch bark

scrolls, birch bark

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Introduction

Two birch bark scrolls, probably Anishinaabe. 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.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
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

Materials

birch bark; leather thong

Techniques or Format

Two scrolls of birch bark tied with leather thong.

Dimensions: 63 × 0 × 0 cm
Condition: Good
Current Location: Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali, Bergamo, Italy
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: grasac_1379
Collection at Current Location: Collezione Beltrami
Date of Acquisition by the Institution: 1850s
Who the Institution Acquired the Relative or Heritage Item From: Beltrami's Collection catalogue 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''''''''s Collection has been exhibited in Florence in 1929 during the "Prima Esposizione Nazionale di Storia delle Scienze" (First National Exposition of History of Sciences"). In 1973, in the occasion of a celebrating exhibit of Beltrami, Glauco Luchetti donated three objects from his ownn collection, which is located in the last Beltrami''''''''''''''''s house in Filottrano, to the "Museo Civico E. Caffi". In 1987 has been mounted the exhibit "Missisippi 1823. Oggetti indiani raccolti da G. Costantino Beltrami" in the Galleria Lorenzelli in Bergamo.

Publication History

Beltrami s 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: 24487
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

43.6, -71.9

Source of Information about Places

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.

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