Collection place: Panama / Loans: S1981-1982 #59: University of California, Davis/Pat Charley (April 14, 1982–June 21, 1982) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Mola, accession number 3-27502, described as Blouse (mola blouse); front and back mola panels have varicolored leaf-like designs on black ground in cotton with some chain stitch embroidery; pink satin sleeves and yoke; tas tas filler; morgonikat type mola; with across sleeves 72 cm., 1.49 cm. Native name and meaning: mora are applique panels. Materials, techniques: cotton, rayon satin; chainstitch; tas tas: short parallel slits made in the top layer which is stitched to small patched of different colors which have been put between the first and second layers (short parallel fill); morganikat: three full layers of applique with multicolored fill. Context of use: blouse worn with headscarf, underskirt, and wraparound skirt.

Hearst Museum object titled Mola, accession number 3-27503, described as Blouse (mola blouse); front and back mola panels each depict 4 animals; varicolored cotton on red ground; some embroidery in running stitch; morgonikat type with additional layers in area; yoke and sleeves are green/brown/white printed cotton; width across sleeves 71 cm., length, 51 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Mola, accession number 3-27475, described as 'mola'; meander pattern with filler in 2 corners. alternating bands of two-layer applique and 4-layer applique using 'dientes' (ric-rac effect). 4-layers and 2-layers: orange ground with either single applique band or 2nd layer of black, red 4th, and 3rd of multicolored 'dientes'; with 'oba gala' (red layers); 14 colors total. black layer is machine stitched. MariLyn Salvadore: probably worked on by several people. worn. 46 x 37 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Mola, accession number 3-27480, described as Mola with orange background, with overlay of blue, black, and red; abstract design.