Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

Datec. 1960

Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions14 3/4 × 16 15/16 in. (37.5 × 43 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.866

Object numberA.1979.67.866

Collections

Panamanian Molas

DescriptionAppliqued, commercial cotton, embroidered, multicolored on red ground. Letter "N" across top. Double-headed eagle with star on chest. Holds an object in each claw. Round. Holds object above head. Four small figures top and bottom. Legend: "chacha."

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