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 20th.cent.
Appliqué, Altar piece, D.R. Benin, 20th. Cent.
Egungun Ensemble,Cotton, leather, beadsYoruba, Nigeria, 20th cent
Egungun Masquerade in performanceYoruba Nigeria, 20th cent.
Royal Umbrella, Fon, D.R. Benin, 20th. Cent.
Jacob’s Ladder, 1880s(1870-1890)72”x87”, pieced cotton,Quilt, Kentucky
Louisa Combs,Hand woven blanket,Cotton, wool, c. 1890Hazard, Kentucky
Afro-Carolina face-vessel,1860, Glazed pottery,Edgefield District, SC
Akan ritual pottery,Ghana, 19th. Cent.
Creole Cottage, New Orleans, 1820
Bamileke Architecture, Cameroon
Wrought-iron figure,Late 18th cent.
Anonymous Virginia Drum byAn enslaved person, Wood, leather, Virginia, c.1645
Adire, indigo dyed cloth,Yoruba, Nigeria, cotton20th. Cent.
Dave,13th May, 1859,Glazed wheel-thrown pot
African House,1798-1800, Melrose PlantationNatchitouches, Louisiana USA
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