Mola

Museum number:
3-30209a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
MVC-0048/MVC-0049 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
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.
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 1 of 2 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 2 of 2 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.

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