Ojibwe
Lacrosse on the Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi and Beltrami’s racket
By: SANDRA BUSATTA – he article discusses lacrosse in the Great Lakes region, characterized by the use of a single racket, distinct from the Iroquois variant. The oldest surviving racket, collected by G. C. Beltrami in 1823, is presently preserved at the Caffi Museum in Bergamo, Italy. The Beltrami racket holds considerable cultural significance, not…
Three Warclubs : The Ball-Headed, Gunstock, and Sword Clubs in the Beltrami Collection
ball-headed club, Beltrami, Caffi Museum, Chiefs’ gun, Dakota, gunstock club, North West gun, Ojibwe, sword club, war clubBy: SANDRA BUSATTA – War clubs were the preferred fighting weapon because Native American warriors could increase their social status by killing their enemies in single combat. In Mississippian art, they were often depicted in conjunction with images and symbols of war. One type of club, now called a sword club, appears to have originated…