QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-891
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
00.0655
If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:
2000:66.1
Object label:
African Colors
Raifu Aderemi Mustapha
Nigeria
1998
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#2000:66.1
Essay:
The Nike Center for Arts and Culture was established in 1988 in Osogbo, Nigeria by Nike Olaniyi Davies-Okundaye.
Shortly after the center opened, Georgina Beier, a European, taught members how to make quilts out of their cloth and found that the men were more enthusiastic than women about this new art form. Yoruba artist Rafiu "Remi" Mustapha, "My quilt is trying to talk about unity in Africa as a whole the way I used the different colors of fabric."
From Great Lakes, Great Quilts.
Quilt's title:
African Colors
Quilt top made by:
Mustapha, Raifu Aderemi
Quilted by:
Mustapha, Raifu Aderemi
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Purchased the quilt
Where the quilt was made, city:
Osogbo
Where the quilt was made, country:
Nigeria
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt finished?
12/1998
Quilt is presently used as:
Museum collection
Quiltmaker's city:
Osogbo
Quiltmaker's country:
Nigeria
Quiltmaker's birth date:
2/2/1973
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
Nigerian Yoruba
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
93 3/4"
How long is the quilt?
93"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
Number of quilt blocks:
6
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
Adire dying, a method that is used by the Yoruba people that incorporates ancient Indigo dyes with modern stitching techniques.
Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:
The origins of the fabric are Senegal, Mali, Nigeria and Gambia.
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
Great Lakes, Great Quilts (2001) book, page 20.
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?
Purchase
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
9/28/2000, Black Arts Studio, Nigeria
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?
Made entire quilt
Describe anything about the design of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
Special note from the artist: The inspiration comes as a means of uniting and bring together the people of Africa. Most of the country in Africa has a lot of things in common in their social, economical and religion lives. My quilt is trying to talk about unity in African as a whole with the way I used the different colors of fabric.
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Mustapha, Raifu Aderem. African Colors. 12/1998. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-891. Accessed: 03/28/24
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