Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

DateEarly 1940s

Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions15 11/16 × 19 15/16 in. (39.9 × 50.6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.698

Object numberA.1979.67.698

Collections

Panamanian Molas

DescriptionAppliqued, commercial cotton fabric, embroidered. Multicolor on red ground. Two facing crescent moons with sun in center. Lettering across top: "AL NAL Y EL SOL" (translates to "at the end and the sun"). // Mounted by A. Girard. Probaby from a label or trademark. - Mari Lyn Salvador.