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

Harriet Powers, Bible Quilt, 1886

Harriet Powers, Bible Quilt, 1898

Fon Appliqué Cotton, D.R. Benin, Early 20 th.cent.

Appliqué, Altar piece, D.R. Benin, 20 th. Cent.

Egungun Ensemble, Cotton, leather, beads Yoruba, Nigeria, 20 th cent

Egungun Masquerade in performance Yoruba Nigeria, 20 th cent.

Royal Umbrella, Fon, D.R. Benin, 20 th. Cent.

Jacob’s Ladder, 1880s ( ) 72”x87”, pieced cotton, Quilt, Kentucky

Louisa Combs, Hand woven blanket, Cotton, wool, c Hazard, Kentucky

Afro-Carolina face-vessel, 1860, Glazed pottery, Edgefield District, SC

Akan ritual pottery, Ghana, 19 th. Cent.

Creole Cottage, New Orleans, 1820

Bamileke Architecture, Cameroon

Wrought-iron figure, Late 18 th cent.

Anonymous Virginia Drum by An enslaved person, Wood, leather, Virginia, c.1645

Adire, indigo dyed cloth, Yoruba, Nigeria, cotton 20 th. Cent.

Dave, 13 th May, 1859, Glazed wheel-thrown pot

African House, , Melrose Plantation Natchitouches, Louisiana USA

Quilts Functional, 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 figure Communication, protection—power objects Duality— African –European duality Form, aesthetic, and functional aspects constitute the African element While their technology of production derives from European American tradition