Quilt expert Wahlman introduces readers to a powerful force in African-American quilts: their African-derived meanings, patterns, and iconography. She explores the religious, ritual, philosophical, and aesthetic beliefs that have been retained by descendants of Africans in the New World and demonstrates how these beliefs are represented in their textiles. 150 illustrations.
Author: Maude Southwell Wahlman · Original publisher: E. P. Dutton / Museum of American Folk Art (1993)
Tier 3 — Partial text + link. No text is hosted on Gary NOI. Read free: https://archive.org/details/signssymbolsafri0000wahl_f2i7 (Internet Archive lending copy — borrowable; IA item ID as recorded in Tranche C1: signssymbolsafri0000wahl_f2i7; no hosting rights).
