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Mola

NameBlouse Fragment
CultureKuna; Cuna
Datec. 1960
Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America
MediumCotton
Dimensions14 9/16 × 19 5/16 in. (37 × 49 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.720V
Object numberA.1979.67.720V
Collections
DescriptionTwo pieces, appliqued, commercial cotton, embroidered, multicolored on black ground. One panel depicts rider and brightly decorated horse; second panel depicts man and bull with tool (?). Two flags at top corners, words above figure. Other small animals around.
Mola
c. 1960
Mola
c. 1960
Mola
c. 1960
Mola
c. 1960
Mola
c. 1960
Chapa
Artist unrecorded
19th century
Mola
c. 1960
Mola
c. 1960
Mola
c. 1960
Sacred clay tablet mold
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1985
Mola
c. 1960