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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 3-30201, 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 3-30179, 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 3-30199, described as Mola; 49 x 47 cm; red, orange, purple, green, yellow, blue, multi-colored triangular fill; handmade sawtooth; central motif; bird surrounded by cut-out fill, with an ÒSÓ overhead; pair of monkies on pedastal upper left and and upper right quadrant; upper center; four various birds, pair of ravenouse beasts(alligators?) eating flowers at bottom of mola. see 3-30202, probably pair.

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 3-30204, described as Mola; 51 x 38 cm; red, orange, yellow, blue, green, pink, purple,printed fabric, black;; two human figures with legs in fetal position; skeletal appearance w/ rib cages shown; facial characteristics embroidered and appliqued with teeth, nostrils, eyes, eyebrows predominately expressed.

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 3-30190, described as Molas, matched pair; 99 cm x 43.5 cm; sewn together; top edge unfinished ; bottom has bound hem edge in red plain cotton material; main panel bodies made of 3 layers. Left central motif is 2 birds in miror image with a smaller motif shape in center below attached tails of birds.; filler, rectangles. Right panel central motif two mirror image winged dogs(?) with clawed feet; rectangular fillers . Top layer orange, second layer red, bottom layer yellow. ; colors orange red yellow, blue, green, pink, brown, taqn and gold tan.

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 3-30207, described as Mola; 52 x 42.5 cm; geometric gourd-like or seed pod motifs crossing panel in 3 rows; pattern surrounding is wave-like; triangular shaped motifs used around four edges; diamond motifs between rows of geometric shapes. Old patch of red fabric in lower right quadrant; Colors: red, purple, yellow, gold, blue, white, green, black, orance and pink.