Mola

Museum number:
3-30183
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0010 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Mola blouse ( front panel and bodice only); Blouse; yoke; synthetic fabric in pink, green, blue and black in mottled pattern; yoke 42 cm. x 13 cm; pleated at neck center back and front. shoulder trim; 15 cm l. x 4.5 cm w, splitting at neck openings; shoulder trim , red w/ narrow line of yellow. neck trim; 1.5 cm w. black cotton encasing a cord. sleeves; 20 cm at shoulder; 17 cm l pleated in 1.5 cm by 12 cm red cuff topped w/ yellow rick rack. connecting trim between mola and yoke; 1.5 cm band of black and yellow, toped w/ red rick rack. lower edge trim 2.5 cm green cotton; Mola; 46cm w. x 34.5 cm; design divided into quadrants in the shape of rectangles w/ bulges at top and bottom;each filled w/ bird; an area in center of each has smaller bird; fill inside and out of quadrants in irrigular abstract geometrical shapes (letters?). Color layers; orange, red and yellow for the reverse applique, black appliqued onto red w. intermediate layer of purple, yellow, green blue , and pink
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
San Blas Islands, Panama
Verbatim coll. place:
Latin America; Panama; San Blas Islands; Cuna
Culture or time period:
Kuna
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1967
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Synthetic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Molas
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
Worn by woman; sold item.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mola, accession number 3-30183, described as Mola blouse ( front panel and bodice only); Blouse; yoke; synthetic fabric in pink, green, blue and black in mottled pattern; yoke 42 cm. x 13 cm; pleated at neck center back and front. shoulder trim; 15 cm l. x 4.5 cm w, splitting at neck openings; shoulder trim , red w/ narrow line of yellow. neck trim; 1.5 cm w. black cotton encasing a cord. sleeves; 20 cm at shoulder; 17 cm l pleated in 1.5 cm by 12 cm red cuff topped w/ yellow rick rack. connecting trim between mola and yoke; 1.5 cm band of black and yellow, toped w/ red rick rack. lower edge trim 2.5 cm green cotton; Mola; 46cm w. x 34.5 cm; design divided into quadrants in the shape of rectangles w/ bulges at top and bottom;each filled w/ bird; an area in center of each has smaller bird; fill inside and out of quadrants in irrigular abstract geometrical shapes (letters?). Color layers; orange, red and yellow for the reverse applique, black appliqued onto red w. intermediate layer of purple, yellow, green blue , and pink

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