Traveling On

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A quilt (a) with bag (b) titled “Traveling On” created by Steven Garner, Vashon Kelly, Robert Matthews, Scott Meyers, Isaac Tuner, and Diego Zapata, prisoner-volunteers of the hospice center within Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly called “Angola." The pictorial quilt has one large, central design against a deep burgundy background and a yellow border with a black chain link design. The names of hospice volunteers from 1998 to 2008 are embroidered in yellow on the chains. A padlock appears at each corner. Just inside the border, across the top of the design is a large scroll embroidered with columns of names arranged by year. The central design depicts a funeral procession with a horse-drawn hearse carriage traveling through a large stone arch, followed by singing mourners. Each column of the arch reads [HOSPICE] in yellow and across the top is [EST. 1998 / N. BURL CAIN / WARDEN].

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