Mola

Museum number:
3-30198
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Alternate number:
MVC-0037 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Description:
Mola; 48 x 42 cm.; red, green, black, orange, yellow, blue, printed fabric, pink, purple; white and yellow commercial rickrack, multicolored embroidery; central motif, flying fish with antenna-like projections w/ nautical motifs on back; background motifs, motor launch with two fisherman and dog, two abstract forms, and a fish; fill, small squares.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
San Blas Islands, Panama
Verbatim coll. place:
Latin America; Panama; San Blas Islands; Cuna
Culture or time period:
Kuna
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1967
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Molas
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
part of woman's clothing; trade item
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mola, accession number 3-30198, described as Mola; 48 x 42 cm.; red, green, black, orange, yellow, blue, printed fabric, pink, purple; white and yellow commercial rickrack, multicolored embroidery; central motif, flying fish with antenna-like projections w/ nautical motifs on back; background motifs, motor launch with two fisherman and dog, two abstract forms, and a fish; fill, small squares.

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