![Two photos show components of the outside of this slender book-sized box. The box itself is black and white with aquamarine binding on the spine. Two art pieces are shown in detail and are handmade to include African symbols.](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/files/2020/08/IMG_7732-e1597439509545.jpeg)
![A black and white spatter pattern graces the cover of this piece, with an aquamarine spine. It says Ilse Garnier, Afrikanische Legenden. This is German for African Legends.](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/files/2020/08/IMG_7729-768x1024.jpeg)
Cover. Ilse Garnier. Afrikanische Legenden. Berlin: Hybriden, 1998. Special Collections, University of Iowa Libraries.
Ilse Garnier’s Afrikanische Legenden (African Legends) work incorporates an African symbolic writing system sewn by women into ceremonial carpets and vestments.
– Timothy Shipe, Curator, International Dada Archive
![Closeup of bright aquamarine spine for Afrikanische Legenden.](https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/gallery/files/2020/08/IMG_7733-1024x768.jpeg)
Detail. Ilse Garnier. Afrikanische Legenden. Berlin: Hybriden, 1998. Special Collections, University of Iowa Libraries.