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Mola

NameBlouse
CultureKuna; Cuna
Datec. 1960
Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America
MediumCotton
Dimensions20 11/16 × 26 1/4 × 5 7/8 in. (52.5 × 66.7 × 15 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.890
Object numberA.1979.67.890
Collections
DescriptionAppliqued, commercial cotton, multicolored. Top yoke and sleeves are purple, with some rick-rack on sleeves. Front panel has bird with feet on chain and “MIFIOULC” along top. Back has Atlas Beer ad copy and "PANAMA” in large letters at top.
Jillayeh
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1880
Jillayeh
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1910
Mola
1960s
Thobe
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1910
Thobe
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1910
Jillayeh
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1930
Thobe
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1920s
Thobe
Artist unrecorded
ca. 1920
Mola blouse
1950s - 1960s