Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

Datec. 1960

Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions14 3/4 × 20 11/16 in. (37.5 × 52.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.995

Object numberA.1979.67.995

Collections

Panamanian Molas

DescriptionAppliqued, commercial cotton, multicolored on red ground. Twelve fern-like motifs within two crescent shaped designs with serrated inner border. Small geometric motifs between designs.

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