Filottrano
Beltrami’s cradles: Not One, but Three. Notes on some items in the Beltrami’s Collections
By: SANDRA BUSATTA – In 2021 I wrote Beltrami’s Cradleboard and Other Stories. Beltrami’s is the Oldest Preserved Dakota Cradleboard in the World, an updated version of the article La culla di Beltrami e altre storie, published in Italian in 1993.The examples of cradles of the Eastern Sioux in the literature made me believe that the two…
Beltrami’s Cradleboard and Other Stories. Beltrami’s is the Oldest Preserved Dakota Cradleboard in the World
Beltrami, Bergamo, cradleboard, Dakota, Filottrano, Fort Snelling, Glauco Luchetti, Museo E. Caffi, Santee Mdewakanton, Santee SiouxBy: SANDRA BUSATTA – This is an updated version of the article “La culla di Beltrami e altre storie”, published in Italian in 1991. The Beltrami Collection, made up of the objects he brought back from his travels, has been divided for a long time: a part was kept at the Museum of Natural History…