Mola

Museum number:
3-27758
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3251
Description:
Dress with mola front and back; child's dress; mugan type mola (2 colors, 2 layers); front design is 4 pairs of birds; back design is 6 eagle-like birds; red on grey twill ground; blue cloth at bottom, yellow cloth with red, orange trim at top; 1.33 cm. Multilayered applique cotton cloth with hand stitching; scraps of cloth, some synthetics.
Donor:
Grace Relfe, Kathy Ashe, and University Appropriation
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:
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), and S1986-1987 #20: Richmond Art Center (January 28, 1987–April 16, 1987)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Mola, accession number 3-27758, described as Dress with mola front and back; child's dress; mugan type mola (2 colors, 2 layers); front design is 4 pairs of birds; back design is 6 eagle-like birds; red on grey twill ground; blue cloth at bottom, yellow cloth with red, orange trim at top; 1.33 cm. Multilayered applique cotton cloth with hand stitching; scraps of cloth, some synthetics.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Mola, accession number 3-27758, described as Dress with mola front and back; child's dress; mugan type mola (2 colors, 2 layers); front design is 4 pairs of birds; back design is 6 eagle-like birds; red on grey twill ground; blue cloth at bottom, yellow cloth with red, orange trim at top; 1.33 cm. Multilayered applique cotton cloth with hand stitching; scraps of cloth, some synthetics.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Mola, accession number 3-27758, described as Dress with mola front and back; child's dress; mugan type mola (2 colors, 2 layers); front design is 4 pairs of birds; back design is 6 eagle-like birds; red on grey twill ground; blue cloth at bottom, yellow cloth with red, orange trim at top; 1.33 cm. Multilayered applique cotton cloth with hand stitching; scraps of cloth, some synthetics.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Mola, accession number 3-27758, described as Dress with mola front and back; child's dress; mugan type mola (2 colors, 2 layers); front design is 4 pairs of birds; back design is 6 eagle-like birds; red on grey twill ground; blue cloth at bottom, yellow cloth with red, orange trim at top; 1.33 cm. Multilayered applique cotton cloth with hand stitching; scraps of cloth, some synthetics.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mola, accession number 3-27758, described as Dress with mola front and back; child's dress; mugan type mola (2 colors, 2 layers); front design is 4 pairs of birds; back design is 6 eagle-like birds; red on grey twill ground; blue cloth at bottom, yellow cloth with red, orange trim at top; 1.33 cm. Multilayered applique cotton cloth with hand stitching; scraps of cloth, some synthetics.

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