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:

99.1214 AIQP

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

1996:75.1

Object label:

Basketball Star Quilt
Rae JeanWalking Eagle
Brockton,Montana
1996
MSU Museum #1996:75.1

Essay:

At high school basketball tournaments in Montana that include teams from Indian reservations, there is usually a quilt honoring ceremony. Team members present quilts made by their parents and community members to individuals, including opposing team members, in honor of their positive and supportive actions during the basketball season. The quilts made for these ceremonies are commonly done in variations of the star pattern and often incorporate a pieced or appliquéd basketball.

Nearly all quilts made for the high school basketball star quilt ceremonies in northern Montana are done in variations of the star pattern, often incorporating a pieced or appliqued basketball. This quilt is made of satin, a material popular on the Fort Peck Reservation.

From To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions.

Quilt's title:

Basketball Star Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Lone Star

Quilt top made by:

Eagle, Rae Jean

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?

c1996

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Brockton

Quiltmaker's state:

Montana (MT)

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Assinibone-Sioux; Native American

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

77 1/2"

How long is the quilt?

87"

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Silk

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton or polyester blend

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Elbow/fan

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 131.

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:

5/28/1996, Rae Jean Walking Eagle

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum