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Sankofa Feathered Star. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3QF8WND
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Sankofa Feathered Star. 2016. RUcore: https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3QF8WND

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TitleSankofa Feathered Star
NameJacobs, Peter (Photographer), Gikandi, Juandamarie (Creator), Montclair History Center, Nubian Heritage Quilters Guild
Date Created2016
SubjectAfrican descent, Female, African descent, Female, Traditional Design Variation, Feathered Star and Medallion, Machine Pieced, Machine Quilted, Long Arm Machine, self -stamped and hand-dyed batiks from Ghana, commercial Indonesian batiks (Hoffman batiks), 100 percent cotton batting, polyester thread for piecing, cotton thread for quilting
DescriptionI really wanted to make a feathered star and this quilt is my first. It is also my first attempt at paper-piecing which I used to create the star. The Ghanaian Adinkra symbol Sankofa is the focal point for this quilt. Sankofa means, “return and get it” and symbolizes the importance of learning from the past. I used batiks I hand stamped in Ghana during trips in 2012 (magenta) and 2014 (black). The Sankofa bird in the center of my quilt reminds me to remember the importance of my heritage as a descendant of enslaved Africans.
Genrequilts
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/T3QF8WND
CollectionCommon Heritage: Uncommon Quilts
Organization NameMontclair History Center
RightsIn Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-NC/1.0/