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Hystercine Rankin

1929–2010

United States

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Hystercine Rankin (September 11, 1929 – February 10, 2010) was an African-American quilter from Mississippi. Several of her quilts are held in the permanent collections of the American Folk Art Museum, the Mississippi Museum of Art, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, and the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles.

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