Mola

Museum number:

3-30164

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Alternate number:

6f (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.4684

Description:

2 layered mola; black on textured red ground; 2 birds facing each other, standing on the backs of 2 turtles. All have white eyes with red centers. Bottom edges folded under, rest of edges unfinished. 33.3 cm. high x 44.5 cm. wide.

Donor:

Mary C. Stoddard

Collection place:

Panama

Verbatim coll. place:

Purchased in Panama City

Collector:

Mary C. Stoddard

Collection date:

1975

Materials:

Cotton (textile) and Rayon

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Molas

Function:

4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings

Accession date:

December 17, 1996

Context of use:

tourist mola, not made to be worn

Department:

Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area

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