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DepartmentTextiles-Latin America

Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

Datec. 1960

Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions14 3/16 × 17 5/16 in. (36 × 44 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.721V

Object numberA.1979.67.721V

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Panamanian Molas

DescriptionTwo pieces. Appliqued, commercial cotton, embroidered, multicolored on red ground. Central black male or female figure standing against kidney shaped design with diamonds, dots and stars above. Abstract flower in each of three corners. Animals around.

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