The Luigi Cocco regional collection consists of about two thousand objects related to the popular culture of Sardinia, mostly dating back to the second half of the nineteenth century and the first fifty years of the twentieth century; in particular, it includes seven hundred and thirty-one textile artifacts and one thousand two hundred and sixty-six pieces of jewelry, as well as a modest number of tools, furniture, and carved works. The collection is named after the magistrate Luigi Cocco (Villasor 1883 – Cagliari 1959), who from the 1920s until the last days of his life devoted himself to collecting popular art objects from Sardinia, initially in his native Villasor and gradually in various areas of the island. By 1937, a significant part of the collection was already formed and many of its objects participated in ethnographic exhibitions of Sardinia. In 1948, by decree of the Minister of Public Education, it was notified as a “complex of exceptional artistic and historical interest.” Following the issuance of the regional law of May 18, 1954, no. 18, the collection was purchased by the Sardinia Region with a notarial deed signed on October 25, 1954.
Information about Regional Ethnographic Museum Luigi Cocco Collection
Piazza Arsenale, 1
Cagliari (Cagliari)
346 9724935 – 0784 242900
https://www.isresardegna.it
Source: MIBACT
