Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

Date1945 - 1965

Place madeSan Blas Islands/ Guna Yala, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions16 5/16 × 24 3/16 in. (41.5 × 61.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Thomas J. Hannaher, A.2018.60.4

Object numberA.2018.60.4

Collections

Latin America

DescriptionThis mola has a black on peach-colored base. The design is an abstract version of ocean waves known as a Temal pattern. Other colors in the piece are pink, green and red.

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1940s - 1950s

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1950s - 1960s

Artist Not Recorded

c. 1945

1940s

1980s