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Mola

NameBlouse Fragment
CultureKuna; Cuna
Date1945 - 1965
Place madeSan Blas Islands/ Guna Yala, Panama, Central America
MediumCotton
Dimensions18 1/2 × 21 5/8 in. (47 × 55 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Thomas J. Hannaher, A.2018.60.5
Object numberA.2018.60.5
DescriptionMola ground is black with red and orange applique. It exhibits an unusual, occasionally cruciform, variation of the ocean waves pattern.
Mola
1945 - 1965
Mola
c. 1965
O-hana Hat
ca. 1980
Coat-dress (Qaftan or Yelek)
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1880
Mola
c. 1965
Skeleton Revolutionary
David Moctezuma
1990
Mola blouse
1950s - 1960s
Thobe
Artist Not Recorded
ca. 1920
Mola
Amah Sipu Gonzales
c. 1988