Patchwork quilts, storytelling, and cultural reference

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An Igbo woman painting a traditional <n>Uli mural</n> in Nigeria, 1988. Photo by <n>Margaret Courtney-Clarke</n>.

The <n>Kamakura Festival</n> in Japan. Photo by <n>Peter Essick</n>.

A <n>wax prints vendor</n> in <n>Togo</n>, photographed for <n>National Geographic</n> in June 1994.

<n>A raven wails across the lowlands</n> by contemporary artist <n>Rune Guneriussen</n>.

Japanese 1910-30's Vintage Indigo Dye Cotton Kimono Noragi Men Used From Japan

<n>The Great Wave off Kanagawa</n> (c. 1831) by <n>Katsushika Hokusai</n> from the series <n>Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji</n>.

An indigo-dyed patchwork bed cover rug made from joined half-width lengths of fabric.

The photograph <n>Rock Solid</n> by artist <n>Michael Oliver Love</n> for <n>Plastik Magazine</n>.

<n>SOMALIA HOUSES 'SH03'</n> (2009-2015) from the series by photographer <n>Olaf Unverzart</n>.