Object Details
Donor Name
Dr. William C. Sturtevant
Notes
Associated printed email from JoAllyn Archambault to Candace Greene, Aug. 1, 2008: Subject: red and tan star quilt. This star quilt was probably made by Frieda Goodsell [Freda Theresa Mesteth Goodsell, 1929 - 2018, Oglala Lakota] of Custer, SD, maternal aunt of Arthur Amiotte, Pine Ridge Lakota artist and author. In June, 1991, Arthur Amiotte sponsored a sun dance in the National Park right outside of Custer. Arthur thought it was the first sun dance actually held in the Black Hills in decades. This star quilt was given to Sturtevant during Art Amiotte's giveaway, probably on the last day of the sun dance. Frieda [sic, should be Freda] is a well known quilt maker and this looks like her work, both in the color choices made for the top and the quilting patterns on the surface.
Record Last Modified
19 Jan 2024
Specimen Count
1
Culture
Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Lakota
Sioux (Oceti Sakowin), Oglala Lakota (?)
Collection Date
1991
Accession Number
2049174
USNM Number
E437863-0
Object Type
Quilt
Place
Custer (not certain), South Dakota, United States, North America
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Data Source
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Ethnology
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_16917334