Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

Datec. 1960

Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions15 3/8 × 19 1/2 in. (39 × 49.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.746V

Object numberA.1979.67.746V

Collections

Panamanian Molas

DescriptionTwo pieces. Appliqued, commercial cotton, red ground, multicolored background. Central mechanical device depicted in each, perhaps grinders. One with large spoked wheel, one with crank. Background includes decorative letters.

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20th Century