QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

91.0019 AIQP

If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:

7029.1

Object label:

Tutle Has an Umbrella
Agnes Shawanessi
Odawa, Harbor Springs, Emmet County, Michigan
c1965
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#7029.1

Essay:

The turtle is an common symbol of Woodland Indian iconography.

Quilt's title:

The Turtle has an Umbrella

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Umbrella

Quilt top made by:

Shawanessi, Agnes

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Harbor Springs

Where the quilt was made, county:

Emmet

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1950-1975

When was the quilt finished?

c1965

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Utica

Quiltmaker's county:

Macomb

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Native American (Ottawa)

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

76"

How long is the quilt?

86"

What color is the quilt?

White

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

42

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Tied or tufted

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Great Lakes Native Quilting, East Lansing, MI; Flint, MI, September 19, 1999-February 27, 2000; September 14 - November 14, 2001, Michigan State University Museum, Sloan Museum

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions (1997) page 24.

Source of the information on this quilt:

Museum employee

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public- Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's name:

Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's city:

East Lansing

Quilt owner's county:

Ingham

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

10-1-1991, Charlie Meyers

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Who photographed this quilt?

Doug Elbinger

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum