Mola

Museum number:
3-30204
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0043 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
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.
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)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Molas
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
part of woman's garment; trade item
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
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.

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