Mola

NameBlouse Fragment

CultureKuna; Cuna

Datec. 1960

Place madeComarca de San Blas, Panama, Central America

MediumCotton

Dimensions15 9/16 × 18 7/8 in. (39.5 × 48 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1979.67.676

Object numberA.1979.67.676

Collections

Panamanian Molas

DescriptionAppliqued, commercial cotton fabric, embroidered. Multicolored on red ground. Scene of St. Francis with a bird on his right shoulder, holding a crucifix, surrounded by 9 birds, 2 beasts, 1 butterfly, and 1 star. // Mounted by A. Girard.

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