QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-6814

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Conscience of the Human Spirit: The Life of Nelson Mandela; Women of Color Quilters Network; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

14.0068

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

2014:59.1

Object label:

Marion Coleman
Quarry Ghosts
Castro Valley, California, USA | Batik cloth, thread; stitched, fused, fiber collaged

This quilt represents the spirits of prisoners held at Robben Island and how imprisonment failed to conquer their spirits. I hope that this educational social justice art quilt will move viewers to think about the trial of the ancestors and the efforts of all freedom fighters. I hope that it will help educate people of all ages about segregation, strength of spirit, determination, and forgiveness.

Quilt's title:

Quarry Ghosts

Subject of the quilt:

Nelson Mandela

When was the form filled out?

4/11/2018

Quilt top made by:

Coleman, Marion

Quilted by:

Coleman, Marion

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Castro Valley

Where the quilt was made, state:

California (CA)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

2000-2025

When was the quilt finished?

2014

Why was the quilt made?

Art or personal expression; Commemorative

Quilt is presently used as:

Artwork/wall hanging; Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

29.25"

How long is the quilt?

29"

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Blue; Green; Yellow

Overall color scheme:

Light or pastel colors

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Nontraditional or art

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Batiks

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Applique; Fusible Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/no separate binding

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How thick is the quilt?

Thin

How are the layers held together?

Machine quilting

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Original to maker

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Consceince of the Human Spirit: The Life of Nelson Mandela; International Quilt Conference Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, July 2014; The Kentucky Museum, Bowling Green, KY, September 8, 2015-January 31, 2015; National Afro American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, OH, April 7-October 7, 2016; LookOut! Gallery, Snyder Phillips Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, May 7-September 15, 2017; Wilbur Steele Hall Gallery, Bennet College, Greensboro and Delta Arts Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, November 2, 2017-February 24, 2018; Mariposa Museum and World Cultural Center, Peterborough, New Hampshire, April 15-July 5, 2018.

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

MacDowell, Marsha; Mazloomi, Carolyn. Conscience of the Human Spirit: The Life of Nelson Mandela. Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, 2014; page 42.

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Who photographed this quilt?

Pearl Yee Wong

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum