Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

Datec. 1960

Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions14 13/16 × 18 7/16 in. (37.7 × 46.8 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.926

Object numberA.1979.67.926

Collections

Panamanian Molas

DescriptionAppliqued, commercial cotton, embroidered, multicolored on red ground. Horizontal mermaid hovering over upturned profile face of fisherman, surrounded by floral designs. // Parker-Neal, 1977, page 80 illustrates related mermaid scenes.

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