Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

Datec. 1960

Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions14 3/4 × 20 1/2 in. (37.5 × 52 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.736V

Object numberA.1979.67.736V

Collections

Panamanian Molas

DescriptionTwo pieces. Appliqued, commercial cotton, embroidered, multicolored on red ground. One panel has two toucans facing each other; the other has three people in them. One has another dome to left and right. Lined. Four large cat-like figures, one in each corner.

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