Quilt, “Stars”, “Cooking a little piece of deer meat, 8am October 10, 1991”

Eva Burrell

1991

  • Titles Quilt, "Stars", "Cooking a little piece of deer meat, 8am October 10, 1991" (Descriptive)
  • Artist Eva Burrell, American, Greene County, Alabama
  • Medium textiles
  • Dimensions 90 3/4 × 77 in. (230.5 × 195.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Robert and Helen Cargo African American Quilt Collection; Gift of Caroline Cargo, AFI.797.2013
  • Work Type quilt
  • Classification Quilts

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