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Faith Ringgold

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The 12 folk tales pictured in the quilt below are named in a caption under the image.

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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