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:

99.1212 AIQP

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

1996:71.1

Object label:

Basketball Star
Sybil Lambert
Hidasta, Brockton, Montana
1996
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#1996:71.1

Essay:

Featured in 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:

Lambert, Sybil

Quilted by:

Lambert, Sybil

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?

1996

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Brackton

Quiltmaker's state:

Montana (MT)

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Hidatsa; Native American

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

86 1/2"

How long is the quilt?

71 1/2"

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Taffeta

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton or polyester blend

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Polyester

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

5

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.

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

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