Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

Datec. 1960

Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions15 3/8 × 20 1/2 in. (39 × 52 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.751V

Object numberA.1979.67.751V

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionTwo pieces. Appliqued, commercial cotton, multicolored on red ground. Embroidered. Cockroach on right with dove on left in one panel. Mouse with cockroach on other panel. "RATON PERES SE CAYOCONLAOLLA LA CUCARACHITA MANTICA;" "LAPALOMA SE PRESENTO LACUCARACHIT".