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The 12 folk tales pictured in the quilt below are named in a caption under the image.
Faith Ringgold
Crown Heights Children's Story Quilt
1994
Painted and pieced fabric
108 x 144 "
Board of Education, New York City

The 12 folk tales pictured in the quilt are:
- Anansi Stories (Jamaican)
- The Negro Speaks of Rivers and We Wear the Mask (West Africa)
- The Ghost of Peg Leg Peter (Dutch)
- The Banza (Haitian)
- The Winged Head (Algonquin),
- Bright Morning Runs East (Mohawk),
- Catherine the Wise (Italian),
- The Rainbow-Colored Horse (Puerto Rican),
- Sea and Mountain Spirits (Vietnamese),
- Which is Witch (Korean),
- The Lost Princess which is a Jewish folktale.
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Image: Faith Ringgold ©1994