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12-8-934

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Health

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

97.0005 AIQP

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

1997:53.1

Object label:

Memory Quilt
Eraina Palmer
Wasco and Warm Springs Hoopa, Warm Springs, Oregon
1996
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#1997:53.1

Essay:

In 1996, Eraina Palmer (Wasco Warm Springs Hoopa) made this quilt in memory of her grandmother, Ruby Coone. Traditional Wasco believe that each person has an Indian spirit animal (Ta Wan Mus) for his or her medicine. When you are young you are sent on a journey up a mountain. On this trip, you will converse with a special animal and that animal will become your medicine power for all of your life. In the center of each log cabin block is fabric printed with an eagle, Coone's spirit animal.

From To Honor and Comfort Native Quilting Traditions.

Quilt's title:

Memory Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Log Cabin

Quilt top made by:

Palmer, Eraina

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

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt finished?

c1990

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Warm Springs

Quiltmaker's state:

Oregon (OR)

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

American Indian Wasco Warm Springs Hoopa; Native American

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Curator of the Museum at Warm Springs

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

yes

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

62"

How long is the quilt?

86"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Made with Tender Loving Care by Eraina Palmer.

Location of inscription:

on back

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

24

Size of quilt blocks:

12" x 12"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

Inner 3 1/4" brown print; Outer 5" blue print

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton or polyester blend

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Tied or tufted

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Public domain/traditional pattern

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions, SITES; August 1, 1997-December 30, 1997, George Gustav Heye Center in National Museum of the American Indian, New York, NY; April 19-October 18, 1998, MSU Museum, East Lansing, MI; March 13-June 6, 1999, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA; July 3rd-September 26th, 1999, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History , Cleveland, OH; October 23, 1999-January 16, 2000, Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman, MT; February 12-May 7, 2000, Bishop Museum-The State Museum of Natural and Cultural History , Honolulu, Honolulu, HI; June 3-August 27, 2000, Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, WA; September 23-December 31, 2000, Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM; January 13-April 8, 2001, Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ.

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

To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions (1997), page 20.

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Clippings or photocopies; Interview with quilter; Photos of quilter

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:

1/30/1997, Eraina Palmer

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:

The quilt is in memory of my Grandmother Ruby Coone. Her Ta wan mus or Indian spirit animal for her medicine was an eagle so I had her in mind when I made this quilt. Along time ago you were sent up a mountain when you were young and an animal talked to you and you conversed with this special animal and that was your big medicine power all your life. As a matter of fact she left a pair of Indian Shaker Religious bells and the Shakers see talons on those bells when they are up by the alter. My grandmother still has her power on those bells.

Who photographed this quilt?

Doug Elbinger

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

Palmer, Erain. Memory Quilt. c1990. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Quilts and Health. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-934. Accessed: 03/28/24

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