Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

Datec. 1960

Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions15 9/16 × 19 7/8 in. (39.5 × 50.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.843

Object numberA.1979.67.843

Collections

Panamanian Molas

DescriptionAppliqued, commercial cotton fabric, multicolored on red ground. Two large bird-like creatures with small figures in stomachs are linked by mouth with V-shaped string of hanging objects. Possible fertility symbol? Small bird at center.

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