the african heritage: patchwork quilts, textiles, stoneware pottery, drum and houses
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The African Heritage:
Patchwork Quilts, Textiles, Stoneware Pottery, Drum and Houses
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Harriet Powers, Bible Quilt, 1886
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Harriet Powers, Bible Quilt, 1898
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Fon Appliqué Cotton,D.R. Benin,Early 20th.cent.
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Appliqué, Altar piece, D.R. Benin, 20th. Cent.
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Egungun Ensemble,Cotton, leather, beadsYoruba, Nigeria, 20th cent
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Egungun Masquerade in performanceYoruba Nigeria, 20th cent.
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Royal Umbrella, Fon, D.R. Benin, 20th. Cent.
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Jacob’s Ladder, 1880s(1870-1890)72”x87”, pieced cotton,Quilt, Kentucky
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Louisa Combs,Hand woven blanket,Cotton, wool, c. 1890Hazard, Kentucky
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Afro-Carolina face-vessel,1860, Glazed pottery,Edgefield District, SC
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Akan ritual pottery,Ghana, 19th. Cent.
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Creole Cottage, New Orleans, 1820
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Bamileke Architecture, Cameroon
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Wrought-iron figure,Late 18th cent.
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Anonymous Virginia Drum byAn enslaved person, Wood, leather, Virginia, c.1645
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Adire, indigo dyed cloth,Yoruba, Nigeria, cotton20th. Cent.
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Dave,13th May, 1859,Glazed wheel-thrown pot
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African House,1798-1800, Melrose PlantationNatchitouches, Louisiana USA
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QuiltsFunctional, aesthetic, symbolic, communicative and or spiritual values:
Doubling/coding/substitution:Biblical symbols/liberation/freedom;
Underground railroad, documentation, symbols and markers
Polyrhythmic motifs, ziz-zag patterns, bright colors conforms to African aesthetic consciousness
Face Vessel, Drum, and Iron figureCommunication, protection—power objects
Duality— African –European dualityForm, aesthetic, and functional aspects constitute the African element
While their technology of production derives from European American tradition