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Mola

NameBlouse Fragment
CultureKuna; Cuna
Datec. 1960
Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America
MediumCotton
Dimensions14 15/16 × 18 1/2 in. (38 × 47 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.841
Object numberA.1979.67.841
Collections
DescriptionAppliqued and embroidered. Multicolored on red background. Largest figure holds guitar and rooster in arms, one small figure dances, other holds guitar. Jorge Negrete appears twice. Seam shows 3 inches in on right side.
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Thobe
Artist unrecorded
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Mola
c. 1960
Mola
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Amulet
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Blouse
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