<I>I Count!</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1999
name: label: Created by
content: Kyra E. Hicks, American, born 1965
notes: label: Description
content: A quilt of composed of colorful cotton fabrics with beads and sequins depicting the figure of a woman in a green dress against the stars and stripes imagery of the United States flag. Oriented vertically, the main field of the quilt is composed of strips of various red, white, and cream fabrics to form stripes. The stripes are vertical in the center and horizontal in the upper right corner. At right is the figure of a Black woman in a green dress with a red rose in her hair next to the words [I Count!] in black fabric. Set into the upper left corner is a rectangle composed of various pieces of blue printed fabrics with imagery of an American flag, a hand, the figures of a woman and child walking, and the continent of Africa. Along the bottom edge is a line of yellow triangles followed by a wider strip fabric with a red background and a pattern of flying eagles. The top and sides of the quilt are edged in a deep blue fabric. There are beads and sequins throughout.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2022.27.5
objectType: label: Type
content: quilts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Kyra E. Hicks
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cloth with sequin, beads and acrylic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 80 × 72 in. (203.2 × 182.9 cm)