Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

Datec. 1960

Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions15 3/4 × 18 7/8 in. (40 × 48 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.717V

Object numberA.1979.67.717V

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Panamanian Molas

DescriptionAppliqued, commercial cotton, embroidered, muticolored on red ground; one panel has peacock with open tail, designs on plumes resemble fish skeletons; on other panel main animal is bird with squirrel on back, bird in front, other small animals around.

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