Mola blouse

NameDoll Blouse

CultureKuna; Cuna

Datec. 1950

Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions8 1/4 × 10 13/16 × 2 3/8 in. (21 × 27.5 × 6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.1.782

Object numberA.1980.1.782

Collections

Panamanian Molas

DescriptionAppliqued. Commercial cotton fabric. Multicolored. Green yoke and sleeves banded with orange, blue and black. Rick-rack trim. Large repeated geometric designs. One side yellow and black on orange ground, orange and black on yellow ground on reverse. Red bottom flounce.