Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

Datec. 1960

Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions15 3/4 × 20 1/2 in. (40 × 52 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.702

Object numberA.1979.67.702

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Panamanian Molas

DescriptionAppliqued, embroidered, commercial cotton; multicolored on black ground. Depicts head and shoulders, arm upraised. Three flags, one with face. Text: "GALINDO, DIPUTADO, GALINDO, PRESIDENTE". Mounted. // For identical mola: Parker-Neal, 1977, p. 213.

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