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Mola

NameBlouse Fragment
CultureKuna; Cuna
Datec. 1960
Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America
MediumCotton
Dimensions15 9/16 × 18 1/2 in. (39.5 × 47 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.887
Object numberA.1979.67.887
DescriptionAppliqued, commercial cotton, embroidered. Standing, fiddling cat in center with nine rats in circle around cat. "GATO Y EL RATON" in center. "LUCITA GARAY CARTI SUGTUPO" at top. Frogs and other animals at each side. // Mounted by A. Girard.
Embroidery
Policarpio Valencia
ca. 1927
Mola
Early 1940s
Rat mask
Estaneslado Pablo y Gomez
ca. 1975
Mola
c. 1960
Mola
c. 1960
Mola
c. 1960
Embroidery by Policarpio Valencia.
Policarpio Valencia
1927
Embroidery
Policarpio Valencia
1925
Embroidery
Policarpio Valencia
before 1931
Mola
c. 1960
Mola
c. 1960
Mola
c. 1950