Mola blouse

NameBlouse

CultureKuna; Cuna

Datec. 1950

Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions21 1/16 × 28 3/16 × 2 3/8 in. (53.5 × 71.6 × 6 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.1.786

Object numberA.1980.1.786

Collections

Panamanian Molas

DescriptionAppliqued, crucifixion. Commercial cotton fabric, embroidered. Multicolored on red ground. Bright blue yolk and sleeves, pale blue hem band. Pink rick-rack. Crucifixion depicted on both panels. Serpent entwined around cross, rooster on one panel and people mourning on other panel.