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of an Alaskan native, a few pieces of American Indian pottery, a pot-
tery “face jug” (with grotesque faces built into it), a crude tin chicken
weather vane that has two wheels of blades that turn in opposite di-
rections, a wooden cane with a handle shaped like a hand extended to
shake the user’s hand, Indian baskets, Amish bentwood boxes, and of
course, several hundred American quilts presented herein.
Upon viewing the collection you will might be mesmerized by the
visualization in Tumbling Blocks (Fig. 28, Page 49) or Drunkard’s
Path (Fig. 184, Page 215), the variations of Log Cabins (Chapter "Log
Cabin", Page 303), the traditional repetition in Coffee Cups (Fig. 166,
Page 196), the complexity of color in Sunshine and Shadows (Fig.
130, Page 156), the narratives of history seen through Daughters of
America (Fig. 380, Page 430), Democratic Donkey (Fig. 170, Page 200)
or Temperance T (Fig. 330, Page 375), or the stunning contribution
from African American, Amish, and Hawaiian traditions. But, "Woe" if
you get hooked!

Photography

Photos of the quilts in the collection were taken using a Nikon Coolpix
8800 with flash and processed using Adobe Photoshop. The quilts were
photographed under a clear LED light. Adjustments were made to crop
or transform the photo the fit dimensions of the page plate. In most
cases the "Auto adjustments" for tone, contrast and color were accepted
by default and the brightness was frequently set higher. The effects of
adjustments are illustrated in the templates on the next page.