Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

Datec. 1960

Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions15 11/16 × 21 15/16 in. (39.8 × 55.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.670

Object numberA.1979.67.670

Collections

Panamanian Molas

DescriptionAppliqued, commercial cotton fabric. Two large turtles with a smaller turtle inside each and two small turtles outside. // Mounted by A. Girard. Part Obogatet in traditional colors. - Marilyn Salvador.

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