DepartmentTextiles-Latin America

Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

Datec. 1960

Place madeSan Blas Islands, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions17 1/8 × 24 × 3 7/16 in. (43.5 × 61 × 8.7 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.2.528

Object numberA.1980.2.528

Collections

Multiple Visions: A Common Bond
Latin America

DescriptionAppliqued, commercial cotton fabric, red background with multicolor design. Crucifixion with four figures below cross. // Mounted by A. Girard. Probably made to order for Baptist missionaries - Mari Lyn Salvador.

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