Object Details
- Artist
- Myrah Brown Green, born Boston, MA 1956
- Exhibition Label
- Myrah Brown Green
- born 1956, Boston, MA
- resides Brooklyn, NY
- In My ??Akuabaa Form
- 2000
- cotton fabric and cotton batting
- The Akuabaa figure, a Ghanaian symbol of protection of mothers and their children, stands as the focal point of this quilt. Around it, triangles arranged into a quilting pattern known as “flying geese” conjure a sense of flight and freedom.
- One of quilter Myrah Brown Green’s most cherished childhood memories is having dessert with her mother at the lunch counter of the Woolworth department store in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This quilt honors the four Black college students from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University who made those memories possible.
- In 1960, the students staged a sit-in at the segregated ?Woolworth's counter?? in Greensboro, North Carolina. Their persistent, nonviolent direct actions led to the desegregation of the lunch counter and generated a larger commitment to civil disobedience for civil rights.
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Fleur S. Bresler, 2023.40.19, © 2000, Myrah Brown Green
- We Gather at the Edge: Contemporary Quilts of Black Women Artists, 2025
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Fleur S. Bresler
- Copyright
- © 2000, Myrah Brown Green
- 2000
- Object number
- 2023.40.19
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Decorative Arts-Fiber
- Quilt
- Crafts
- Medium
- cotton fabric and cotton batt
- Dimensions
- 95 × 86 in. (241.3 × 218.4 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Renwick Gallery
- On View
- Renwick Gallery, 1st Floor, Room 102
- Renwick Gallery, 1st Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure\full length
- Dress\African dress
- Dress\Ghanaian dress
- Record ID
- saam_2023.40.19
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk716f4756a-3de4-4f28-992f-34329ea10f00
