Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

Datec. 1960

Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions15 3/16 × 18 5/16 in. (38.5 × 46.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.955

Object numberA.1979.67.955

Collections

Panamanian Molas

DescriptionAppliqued, embroidered, commercial cotton, multicolored on red ground. Figure with human torso and legs, double feathered wings, lion head with mane and whiskers. Human figures on either side. Below is flat creature with large eyes, and open mouth with teeth.