QUILT INDEX RECORD

41-39-1

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum; Quilts and Health

Who documented this quilt?

Quilts and Health

Quilts and Health Project Number:

QH14.0001

Source of the information on this quilt:

Museum employee

When was the form filled out?

8/28/2014

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Charlie Wood's Stoma Quilt

Subject of the quilt:

Health

Quilt top made by:

Wood, Margaret

Quilted by:

Wood, Margaret

Where the quilt was made, city:

Phoenix

Where the quilt was made, state:

Arizona (AZ)

Why was the quilt made?

Therapy

The quilt was made to be used for:

Artwork/wall hanging

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Radiation mask

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Margaret Wood

Quilt owner's city:

Phoenix

Quilt owner's state:

Arizona (AZ)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1/23/1950

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Parker

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Arizona

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Navajo/Seminole

Quiltmaker's educational background:

BA from Arizona State University, Elementary Ed.and MA in Library Science from University of Denver, Denver, CO

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Owner and president of Native American Fashions, Inc.

Quiltmaker's city:

Phoenix

Quiltmaker's state:

Arizona (AZ)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Wood, Charlie

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Wood, Helen Watchman

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Lawyer

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative; Self-Taught

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

yes

Description of quilt:

Charlie Wood's Stoma Quilt
Margaret Wood
1996
Phoenix, Arizona

Essay:

Artist Margaret Wood has worked closely with the Michigan State University Museum on several projects, including the research and exhibition project To Honor and Comfort, a collaboration of the MSU Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian. In a 1996 interview for that project, Margaret spoke about this quilt she had made nearly two years after the extended period of time during which she was the primary caregiver for her father who had throat cancer.

In the center is a white plastic mesh face, which is the actual radiation mask my father used for six weeks. The X's on the quilt represent the X's marked by radiologists on my father's face and chest to pinpoint where radiation treatment was to be directed. I put in Seminole patchwork because my father is Seminole and blue colors since his favorite color was blue. The red and white borders represent the cigarettes that caused the cancer, and the appliquéd [tracings of] hands symbolize some of the people, especially family, that helped him on his healing journey.