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Mola
Mola
Mola
DepartmentTextiles-Latin America

Mola

NameBlouse Fragment
CultureKuna; Cuna
Datec. 1960
Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America
MediumCotton
Dimensions15 11/16 × 21 15/16 in. (39.8 × 55.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.670
Object numberA.1979.67.670
Collections
DescriptionAppliqued, commercial cotton fabric. Two large turtles with a smaller turtle inside each and two small turtles outside. // Mounted by A. Girard. Part Obogatet in traditional colors. - Marilyn Salvador.
Turtle netsuke
Turtle netsuke
Early 20th century
Adire eleko, woman’s wrapper (“Olokun/Sea Goddess” design)
Adire eleko, woman’s wrapper (“Olokun/Sea Goddess” design)
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1960s
BLANKET
BLANKET
ca 1960
Mola
Mola
Early 1940s
Mola
Mola
Early 1940s
Mola
Mola
c. 1960
Lamp, oil
Lamp, oil
Artist Not Recorded
ca 1950
Mola
Mola
c. 1960
Adire eleko, woman’s wrapper (“ljapa/tortoise” design)
Adire eleko, woman’s wrapper (“ljapa/tortoise” design)
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1960s
Santal Creation Myth
Santal Creation Myth
Circa 2002
Santal Creation Myth
Santal Creation Myth
Circa 2002
Mola
Mola
c. 1960
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