QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-940

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:

97.0010 AIQP

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

1997:74.1

Object label:

Kapa Pohopoho
Ka Hui Kapa Apana O Waimea group
Native Hawaiian, Waimaea, Hawaii
1997
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#1997:74.1

Essay:

Occasionally the Ka Hui Kapa Apana O Waimea group on the Big Island of Hawaii makes quilts for educational or service organizations. During 1996-97 they made two identical sampler quilts; one was given to Michigan State University Museum, the other the Hamakua Health Center in Honokaa, Hawaii, originally a small medical dispensary serving plantation workers of the now-defunct Hamakua Sugar Company.

The quilt features the following components: sugar cane (in the center), an inner cross of squares depicting flowers that grow well but are not medicinal, an inner cross of squares depicting food items that my be used as medicine, and outer border of squares showing plants used medicinally by some but also used as decorations or food.

Featured in To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions.

Quilt's title:

Kapa Pahopoho

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Scrap quilt

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Ka Hui Kapa Apana O Waimea group

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Waimea

Where the quilt was made, state:

Hawaii (HI)

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt finished?

1997

Details about why the quilt was made:

Occasionally the Ka Hui Kapa Apana O Waimea group on the Big Island of Hawaii makes quilts for educational or service organizations. During 1996-97 they made two identical sampler quilts; one was given to Michigan State University Museum, the other the Ha

Quiltmaker's gender:

Group

Quiltmaker's city:

Waimea

Quiltmaker's state:

Hawaii (HI)

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Native Hawaiians and others; Native American

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

Ka Hui Kapa Apana O Waimea Group: P. Richards, H. Botelho, M. Furtado, S. Takamoto, M. Yamato, J. DeRego, U. Kaiawe, D. Noa, S. Hamado, H. Soong, S. Turek, C. Kealoha, K. Pendered, G. Kaniho, M. Takemoto, S. Balai, K. Matsunami, M. Udac, N. Carvalho, J. S

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

70"

How long is the quilt?

70"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

List of pattern names, quilters first intial and last name, and place of residence are embroidered in each block. 1. Ulu, P. Richards, Kahua Ranch. 2. Pua Aloalo, H. Botelho, Honokaa. 3. Hola, M. Furtado, Honokaa. 4. Hau, S. Takkamoto, KuKuihaele. 5. Kukui, M. Yamato, Honokaa. 6. Ilima, H. Soong, Kailua-Kona. 7. Mai'a, S. Hamada, Waimmea. 8. Anthurium, D. Noa, Puukapu. 9. Manakka, V. Kaiawe, Kohala. 10. Ohia-ai, F. DeRego, Honokaa. 11. Laua'e, S. Turek, Kamuela. 12. Okika, C. Kealoha, Honokaa. 13. Ko, K. Pendered, Kurtistown. 14. Pua Melia, G. Kaniho, Ahualoa. 15. Kuawa, M. Takemoto, Kukuihaele. 16. Pua-Kala, J. Souza, Honodaa. 17. Poha, N. Carvalho, Honokaa. 18. Loke, M. Udac, Kailua-Kona. 19. "ulala, K. Matsunami, Kukuihaele. 20. Koali, S. Balai, PuuKapu. 21. Ki, D. Badua, Kukuihaele. 22. Nana-Honua, D. Coates, Kukuihaele. 23. Mikana, H. Takahashi, Honokaa. 24. Ohia-Lehua, R. Jensen, PuuKapu. 25. Kalo, I. Kubo, Kamuela.

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Location of inscription:

on block

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

25

Size of quilt blocks:

13 1/2" x 13 1/2"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

3/8"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

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:

7

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Original to maker

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 120.

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:

5/1197, Ka Hui Kapa Apana O Waimea group

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

If the source helped design the quilt, describe their input:

Designed the pattern

Describe anything about the design of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

The quilt features the following components: sugar cane (in the center), an inner cross of squares depicting flowers that grow well but are not medicinal, an inner cross of squares depicting food items that my be used as medicine, and outer border of squares showing plants used medicinally by some but also used as decorations or food.

Who photographed this quilt?

Doug Elbinger

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum