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 * ...that illiterate American slave quiltmaker Harriet Powers sold her now-museum-quality quilts (pictured) in the 1880s for only a couple of dollars?
 * ...that the Raphael Cartoons, tapestry designs from 1515 which are among the most influential works of Renaissance art, remained torn into strips for 175 years?
 * ... that Alaskan fiber artist Fran Reed was known for her distinctive baskets made from dried fish skins?

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