Instrument, Percussion
Object number2015.82.15
Datec. 1987
OriginCampolieto, Campobasso, Italy
MediumCopper
Credit LineGift of Anna Marie Fiori
DescriptionCopper water vessel used as a conga by I Campagnoli. Hour-glass shaped with pressed floral decorations and two handles.Dimensions12.125 × 17.125 × 12 in. (30.8 × 43.5 × 30.5 cm)Historical NotesThe donor Anna Marie Fiori held onto a majority of the instruments used by the group in their performances, including this copper conga purchased in Campolieto, Campobasso by Anna Marie Fiori. All instruments from Italy were acquired during the group’s tour of Italy in 1987. Collection includes handmade dolls, ceramic conga (quartara), copper conga, Sardinian flute and pan pipe, ram’s horn, conch shell horn, wrist and hand castanets, Jew’s harp, triccheballacche, concertina, various handmade noisemakers, tambourine, and recorder. I Campagnoli was an Italian American folk troupe from the Pittsburgh area comprised of approximately 40 core performers with a focus on Italian folk singing and dancing. Originally directed by Lorenzo “Larry” Malfatti and Eugene Richards (and later Jane Ferro) and sponsored by the Italian Sons and Daughters of Italy, the group formed in 1964 and performed throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, as well as in Italy and at the opening of the Italian Village in Epcot Center and Busch Gardens.
Related person
Anna Marie Fiori
Related institution
I Campagnoli
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c. 1987
c. 1925
1900-1920
1900-1920
c. 1773
Thorner Brothers
