Blouse (mola blouse); front and back mola panels each depict 4 animals; varicolored cotton on red ground; some embroidery in running stitch; morgonikat type with additional layers in area; yoke and sleeves are green/brown/white printed cotton; width across sleeves 71 cm., length, 51 cm.
Donor:
Mari Lyn Salvador
Collection place:
Istupo Island, San Blas Islands, Panama
Culture or time period:
Kuna
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Molas
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1976-1977 #41: Museum of Craft and Folk Art (San Francisco) (January 18, 1977–March 8, 1977), S1980-1981 #58: University of California, Davis (April 3, 1981–September 12, 1981), S1981-1982 #59: University of California, Davis/Pat Charley (April 14, 1982–June 21, 1982), S1983-1984 #53b: University of California, Davis/Pat Hickman (May 9, 1984–May 29, 1984), S1984-1985 #28: University of California, Davis/Univ. of Hawaii, UC Davis, Richmond Art Center (January 18, 1985–March 13, 1985), S1986-1987 #20: Richmond Art Center (January 28, 1987–April 16, 1987), S1986-1987 #29: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis) (April 15, 1987–June 11, 1987), and S1987-1988 #40: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Gyöngy Laky (March 1988–May 6, 1988)