Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

Datec. 1960

Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions16 1/8 × 20 9/16 in. (40.9 × 52.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.677

Object numberA.1979.67.677

Collections

Panamanian Molas

DescriptionAppliqued, commercial cotton fabric, embroidered. Multicolor on red ground. Text: "TORPEDO UNDERSEA WAREFARE 1776 SUBMARINES AND MINES". Profile of human figure driving submarine. Decorative birds in corners. // Mounted by A. Girard.

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