Museum Africa
From QuiltIndex
Physical Address: 121 Bree Street, Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Mail Address: P. O Box 517, Newtown, 2113, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Tel: +27 (0)11 833-5264
- FAX: +27 (0)11 833-5636
- Email: museumafrica@joburg.co.za
- http://www.joburg.org.za
Has a small (c. 25), catalogued collection of quilts and kappies (quilted bonnets) and includes the collections shown at the Roodepoort Museum.
As of February 2010, inquiries about the collection can be directed to Sandra de Wet, Manager: Information Services, Arts, Culture and Heritage, Community Development Department, City of Johannesburg, sandrad@joburg.org.za, Tel. +27 11 833-5624 Ext 243, Fax +27 11 833-5636, Cell 082 464 9630. NOTE: Sandra de Wet is a quiltmaker and is working on a study of kappies. (ref. Marsha MacDowell, February 2010).
"This information originally gathered in 2010 by Marsha MacDowell, Michigan State University Museum, during research on quilt history in South Africa that was supported by a fellowship from the International Quilt Study Center and Museum at University of Nebraska-Lincoln with additional in-kind support from Michigan State University Museum."
