DepartmentTextiles-Latin America
Mola
NameBlouse Fragment
CultureKuna; Cuna
Date1945 - 1965
Place madeSan Blas Islands/ Guna Yala, Panama, Central America
MediumCotton
Dimensions16 5/16 × 24 3/16 in. (41.5 × 61.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Thomas J. Hannaher, A.2018.60.4
Object numberA.2018.60.4
DescriptionThis mola has a black on peach-colored base. The design is an abstract version of ocean waves known as a Temal pattern. Other colors in the piece are pink, green and red.
1945 - 1965
1940s - 1950s
ca. 1980
c. 1965
1950s - 1960s
Artist Not Recorded
c. 1945
1940s
1980s