Mola

Museum number:
3-29554
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21030029554
Accession number:
Acc.4441
Description:
Mola: panel, red designs on purple ground, green cloth at based; two squirrel-like animals face each other at top, two bird-like creatures face each other at bottom; both right hand animals have eyes outlined in white embroidery; width 40.5 x height 31.7 cm. Native name: morguinnaguat (one color) style mola. Materials, techniques: red cotton plain weave sewn onto purple cotton base; the design is drawn on and cut out of the top later; raw edges are folded under and sewn to the base with small stitches. Context of use: One of two panels from a woman's blouse. The bottom layer is considered the base and not a color.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
San Blas Islands, Panama
Culture or time period:
Kuna
Collector:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection date:
ca. 1981
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Molas
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Context of use:
One of two panels from a women's blouse. The bottom layer is considered the base and not a color.
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mola, accession number 3-29554, described as Mola: panel, red designs on purple ground, green cloth at based; two squirrel-like animals face each other at top, two bird-like creatures face each other at bottom; both right hand animals have eyes outlined in white embroidery; width 40.5 x height 31.7 cm. Native name: morguinnaguat (one color) style mola. Materials, techniques: red cotton plain weave sewn onto purple cotton base; the design is drawn on and cut out of the top later; raw edges are folded under and sewn to the base with small stitches. Context of use: One of two panels from a woman's blouse. The bottom layer is considered the base and not a color.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mola, accession number 3-29554, described as Mola: panel, red designs on purple ground, green cloth at based; two squirrel-like animals face each other at top, two bird-like creatures face each other at bottom; both right hand animals have eyes outlined in white embroidery; width 40.5 x height 31.7 cm. Native name: morguinnaguat (one color) style mola. Materials, techniques: red cotton plain weave sewn onto purple cotton base; the design is drawn on and cut out of the top later; raw edges are folded under and sewn to the base with small stitches. Context of use: One of two panels from a woman's blouse. The bottom layer is considered the base and not a color.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mola, accession number 3-29554, described as Mola: panel, red designs on purple ground, green cloth at based; two squirrel-like animals face each other at top, two bird-like creatures face each other at bottom; both right hand animals have eyes outlined in white embroidery; width 40.5 x height 31.7 cm. Native name: morguinnaguat (one color) style mola. Materials, techniques: red cotton plain weave sewn onto purple cotton base; the design is drawn on and cut out of the top later; raw edges are folded under and sewn to the base with small stitches. Context of use: One of two panels from a woman's blouse. The bottom layer is considered the base and not a color.

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