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  2. Textile arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    Many bodies at the site had been wrapped in fabric before burial. Eighty-seven pieces of fabric were found associated with 37 burials. Researchers have identified seven different weaves in the fabric. One kind of fabric had 26 strands per inch (10 strands per centimeter). There were also weaves using two-strand and three-strand wefts.

  3. Quilts of Gee's Bend - Wikipedia

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    A 1979 quilt by Lucy Mingo of Gee's Bend, Alabama. It includes a nine-patch center block surrounded by pieced strips. The quilts of Gee's Bend are quilts created by a group of women and their ancestors who live or have lived in the isolated African-American hamlet of Gee's Bend, Alabama along the Alabama River.

  4. Qualeasha Wood - Wikipedia

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    Qualeasha Wood (born 1996) is an American textile artist. Her work often deals with representation of African-American women in internet culture. Her work often deals with representation of African-American women in internet culture.

  5. Navajo weaving - Wikipedia

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    In Navajo weaving, the slit weave technique common in kilims is not used, and the warp is one continuous length of yarn, not extending beyond the weaving as fringe. Traders from the late 19th and early 20th century encouraged adoption of some kilim motifs into Navajo designs.

  6. Viola Canady - Wikipedia

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    Viola Canady learned to sew and quilt by helping her mother and grandmother put together quilt tops to sell. [4] The majority of quilts they made were sold to white women who would display them as their own work. [4] She grew very passionate about African American quilting and finding people to express the beauty of quilting. [5]

  7. Narrative quilting - Wikipedia

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    American Map Quilt, created in Virginia, 1886 (Utah Museum of Fine Arts) Narrative quilting describes the use of blanket weaving and quilting to portray a message or tell a story. It was a means of sending messages and recording history for women that were unable to participate in politics throughout time.

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