Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

Datec. 1960

Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions14 3/16 × 17 1/8 in. (36 × 43.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.719V

Object numberA.1979.67.719V

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Panamanian Molas

DescriptionTwo pieces, appliqued, commercial cotton, embroidered, multicolored on red ground. Male figure standing on back of prone animal resembling large lizard or water animal, figures holds by each hand a stylized mermaid-like figure. Other small animals around.

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