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SAGUARO HARVEST QUILT Saguaro Harvest Quilt, 71 x 86 inches, 1954. A square of fabric, feather-stitched to the back of the Saguaro Harvest quilt, with words stitched in black thread, reads: "Papagaria." (Papago Indian Land.) A Story ofthe Papago with Saguaro cactus fruit. An Original design. Cut, pieced, & quilted int he year 1954. By Goldie M/ Richmond Sells, Ariz. Goldie's saguaro quilt features scences of the Tohono O'odham reservation, the annual sahauaro harvest, and images of desert plants and flowers. Goldie used striped fabrics to create the long ribs of the saguaro cactus, a rose print to embellish the cross on a church, and geometric prints tocreate designs on baskets and pots. The Saguaro Harvest quilt, one of her earliest pictorial endeavors, shows the beginnings of her talent for design and textile interpretation. Quilt courtesy of Malcolm and Annalynn Watt. |
Photograph by David Elliot, courtesy
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Carolyn O'Bagy Davis. |
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