Mola

Museum number:
3-30178
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Alternate number:
MVC-0005 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
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..
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:
Embroidery (visual works) and Molas
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
worn by women; trade item
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
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..

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