1. The African Heritage: Patchwork Quilts, Textiles, Stoneware Pottery, Drum and Houses

2. Harriet Powers, Bible Quilt, 1886

3. Harriet Powers, Bible Quilt, 1898

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

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

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

7. Egungun Masquerade in performance Yoruba Nigeria, 20 th cent.

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

9. Jacob’s Ladder, 1880s (1870-1890) 72”x87”, pieced cotton, Quilt, Kentucky

10. Louisa Combs, Hand woven blanket, Cotton, wool, c. 1890 Hazard, Kentucky

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

12. Akan ritual pottery, Ghana, 19 th. Cent.

13. Creole Cottage, New Orleans, 1820

14. Bamileke Architecture, Cameroon

15. Wrought-iron figure, Late 18 th cent.

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

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

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

19. African House,1798-1800, Melrose Plantation Natchitouches, Louisiana USA

20. 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