Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

Date1945 - 1965

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

MediumCotton

Dimensions18 1/2 × 21 5/8 in. (47 × 55 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Thomas J. Hannaher, A.2018.60.5

Object numberA.2018.60.5

Collections

DescriptionMola ground is black with red and orange applique. It exhibits an unusual, occasionally cruciform, variation of the ocean waves pattern.

1945 - 1965

c. 1965

ca. 1980

Artist Not Recorded

ca. 1880

c. 1965

David Moctezuma

1990

1950s - 1960s

1980s

Artist Not Recorded

ca. 1920

Mid 20th Century AD

1364-1555