Mola

Museum number:
3-30381
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Alternate number:
4 (previous number)
Accession number:
Acc.4779
Description:
Mexican yarn painting, framed. Depicts two animals facing center but with heads turned backward. Animals are black with green spots, white eyes, and outlined in yellow. Yellow disks centered with red dots are in center decorate each upper corner. A 3-leafed floral motif is centered at the bottom edge. Background is filled in w/ shades of red and pink.
Donor:
Steve Vietti
Collection place:
Mexico
Collector:
Arthur B. Waugh Jr. and Richard Vietti
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Molas
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
September 29, 2009
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
height 22 centimeters and length 41.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mola, accession number 3-30381, described as Mexican yarn painting, framed. Depicts two animals facing center but with heads turned backward. Animals are black with green spots, white eyes, and outlined in yellow. Yellow disks centered with red dots are in center decorate each upper corner. A 3-leafed floral motif is centered at the bottom edge. Background is filled in w/ shades of red and pink.

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