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Quilt
Rebecca Blackwater Native American
Not on view
Pictographic histories abound in Plains art and are found on painted robes, shirts, ledger drawings, and winter counts. Although men usually created these histories, a woman made this rare quilt. Everyday life is featured instead of battle scenes, and in two humorous vignettes, warriors encounter kangaroos. The familiar crossed hatchet and pipe, an emblem of peace and diplomacy, also appears in the upper right and lower left corners. Quilt stencils, from a women’s magazine or newspaper of the day, may have inspired the repeated images.
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