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Start Over Collection place San Blas Islands, Panama Collector Rachel Gould Mossman
Hearst Museum object titled Mola, accession number 3-30180, described as Mola blouse, Blouse; yoke.9 x 47cm.; kelly green flannel; neck trim 3.5 cm w. (splits to front and back at neck hole) 14 cm. from the sleeve seam; 11.5 cm long areas back and front pleated at shoulder and cuff in the green flannel; 1 cm. neck band in black and white gingham 27 cm l. encases cord. Sleeves 14.5 xm x 20 cm. w/ gathering at shoulder and cuff; 2 cm , with orange and pink.trim; trim connecting blouse to mola handmade sawtooth in orange and a stripe of black. Bottom trim; 3 cm white cotton. Mola: back and front; 49 cm w. x 39 cm l.; four X shaped motifs , each w/ four trapazoidal shapes inside surrounded by serpentine background ; color layers, dark red, gold and tomato red.; fill pieces are backed by many different colored fabric in solids and prints; asymetrical reverse applique along sides. same basic design on back and front.
Hearst Museum object titled Mola, accession number 3-30220, described as RGM San Blas learning (?) mola; 9" square; bird in yellow with black outline; horizontal slits in red, black, green, orange and blue.
Hearst Museum object titled Mola, accession number 3-30195, described as Molas; matched pair, loosely sewn together, 106 cm x 41 cm. Right panel, top layer red, middle orange, botton, black. Left panel , top layer red, middle green, and bottom black. Central motif on both panels, weight lifter with olympic symbols on belt, holding large baskets (?) of crabs and fish from each flexed arm; background smaller motifs, various animals, the letter "A"; and smaller figures of humans; fill predominantly vertical slits throughout. Colors: red, black orange, gold, purple, pink, tan, olive green, blue, blue-green.
Hearst Museum object titled Mola, accession number 3-30209a,b, described as Mola; matching pair, each 49.5 x 43 cm; at top and bottom hand-made sawtooth in black or yellow; a) two whales in center surrounded by 6 cat-like creatures, plant-like objects in each corner; fill is vertical slits. b) like a) but with blue fill in lower right corner.
Hearst Museum object titled Mola, accession number 3-30201, described as Mola; 55 x 45.5 cm.; central motif large bird, with large pointed wings , each encircling smaller bird figures; colors: red, orange, blue, green, yellow, gold, purple, print fabric;
Hearst Museum object titled Mola, accession number 3-30206, described as Mola; 41 x 36.5 cm; main motifs: eagle-like bird w/ spread wings on a biplane w/ stylized pantoon; branch appliqued elements include a branch(?) by bird's beak, bird's eye, plane's propeller, supports between paired wings, two branch and leaf motifs used as fill. Fell small triangles w/ multicolored centers; fill on plane and bird, vertical slits. handmade sawtooth of multi colored cloth around main motif. Colors: red, orange, black, violet, green and pink.
Hearst Museum object titled Mola, accession number 3-30179, described as Mola blouse, Blouse, floral printed cotton, white with red and green; yoke, 9cm w. x 47 cm. l., trim at neck in black orange and red cotton, 38.5 cm,self fabric neckband encases gathering cord; connecting trim to mola, saw tooth applique trim in orange and black 1.cm w. with white strip at bottom 2cm w. lower edge trim of mola ; pieced black and yellow , widely pleated in sections from 8 to 14 cm. w x 6.3 cm. h. Sleeves 12 cm x 16 cm. with red rick rack and 1 cm. black stripe as trim. Mola:, 47.5 cm w.x 37.5 h. Back; mirror images; 2 facing long plummaged birds w/ wide tails attached to/riding on backs of 2 tapir -like animals; animals and all background space filled w/ vertical linear reverse applique openings over pieced backing in orange, blue, pink, printed , yellow, magenta, jade green, olive green.; fine stitching and chain embroidery decorate the faces and legs and outlines of animals. Front; virtually same design, but animals have red top layer over orange ; back, yellow, over red base fabric.background.
Hearst Museum object titled Mola, accession number 3-30191, described as Molas, matched pair, attached on one side seam; 99 cm x 34 cm; bottom of molas edged with very dirty white material; layers; red on top and black on bottom; middle layer is lime green on left mola, orange on right other colors used in fill and on applique include; blue, green, pink, black, purple, and printed material; design motifs: 2 large pelicans, one eating a fish; smaller design motifs include fish, alphabet letters, feathers and abstract designs derived from letters.; small areas of vertical slits are fill; across the top is a row of horizontal slits as fill.
Hearst Museum object titled Mola, accession number 3-30178, described as Mola blouse. Blouse; yoke, 35 cm x 11 cm., synthetic fabric, off-white with lime polkadots ,neck trim made of 2.3 cm black with .4 cm of orange cotton band and runs 16 cm from shoulder seam to where it is interrupted at neck center for 2.5 cm back and front where synthetic fabric is pleated; neckband is 25cm l x 1.5 cm encasing a gathering cord. sleeves; ,18 cm. l. pleated at shoulder and cuff.; cuff bordered by 1.2 cm black cotton trim. Mola; 37 cm l. x 42 cm. w. affixed at top by yellow, red, and black trim and pink machine-made rick rack; bottom is trim 3.5 cm lime colored band topped by a 1 cm. band of red in the middle; all cotton. Motif is 2 feline (?) creatures facing each other standing on a triangular shaped object with a cross in center and knob shape on top. Background filled with geometric shapes w/ two layered dots.; color layers are black on top, orange in the middle and red at bottom layer; other colors back up appliqueed pieces of fill. Faces of ÒcatsÓ are are embroidered, clawfeet of animals are black backed by white material and appear newer than rest of textile.Front and back identical..
Hearst Museum object titled Mola, accession number 3-30200, described as Mola; 53 x 44 cm; red predominate, yellow, green, blue, orange, black, purple, and some printed,pattern; central motif two birds facing each other; triangular fill and triangular pattern on background; center of each figure has a breastplate with 4 ribs (?).

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