Mola

Museum number:
3-30190
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Alternate number:
MVC-0023/MVC-0024 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
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.
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 blouse; trade item
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
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.

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