Noah's Ark applique quilt made by Yvonne Wells

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A color block pieced and appliqued quilt depicting the biblical story of animals boarding Noah's Ark made by Yvonne Wells. The quilt has a blue sky and a rust-red ground machine-stitched together. The ark, animals, and people are hand appliqued to the background. The animals are lined up in pairs waiting to board the ark, which is in the bottom left facing corner. Noah stands near the ark, while a woman with pink rickrack hair looks out the window and two other people stand on the deck. Two additional people are standing at the right facing side near the seam of the sky and ground backgrounds, with one holding an umbrella. The animals are made from a variety of fabrics and colors including faux fur, sheep's skin, printed stripes, and a Halloween fabric turned with the wrong side facing.

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