Vinigi Grottanelli

Vinigi Lorenzo Grottanelli (13 August 1912, Avigliana - 30 May 1993) was an Italian ethnologist who worked at the Pigorini National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography following the Second World War.[1]

Family background

Vinigi Grottanelli came from an aristocratic background. His father, Franco Winigisio, (1873-1973) was descended from the Ugurgièri della Berardenga, a Siennese family.[2]


Post war career

In 1946 Grottanelli joined the Executive Council of the International African Institute.He remained a participant until 1968.[3] In 1969 he was appointed as the first Professor of Ethnology at the Sapienza University of Rome].[1]

Grottanelli established the Italian Ethnological Mission to Ghana (IEMG) in 1954 which he then led until 1975.[3]

Selected publications

In 1978 a list of Grottanelli's works was published by the Frobenius-Institut in Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde. This covered academic articles from 1936, but excluded newspaper articles.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Corossacz, Valeria Ribeiro. "GROTTANELLI, Vinigi Lorenzo - Enciclopedia". Treccani (in Italian). Giovanni Treccani Institute. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  2. ^ Forziati, Claudio; Rivelli, Remo; Boccone, Alessandra; Maio, Tania; Califano, Maria Rosaria (2016). "Il fondo Grottanelli Biblioteca di campagna di una nobile famiglia toscana". Biblioteca di biblioteche. Giornale di mostra, maggio-luglio 2016.
  3. ^ a b Cristofano, Mariaclaudia (2013). "Fort Apollonia Museum of the Nzema Culture and History. Development Challenges in the Nzema Area (South-Western Ghana)". Museums, Heritage and International Development (28 November 2013). Amsterdam: Tropenmuseum.
  4. ^ Marucci, Gabriella (1978). "The Works of Count Vinigi Grottanelli". Paideuma. 24. Frankfurt Am Main: Frobenius Institut: 5–10. ISSN 0078-7809.


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