Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

Datec. 1960

Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions15 15/16 × 19 11/16 in. (40.5 × 50 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.1.26

Object numberA.1980.1.26

Collections

Panamanian Molas

DescriptionAppliqued, commercial cotton, multicolored on red ground. Central ostrich with male rider on neck, tail and foot. Three animal figures on left and on right sides. Initials "M, O, A, M, S" scattered in background.

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