Mola

Textile

95-10-7

From: Panama | San Blas Islands

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 95-10-7
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kuna
Provenience Panama | San Blas Islands
Culture Area Central American
Date Made Ca. 1970-1980s
Section American
Materials Cotton
Iconography Frog? | Star | Monkey | Bird | Corn
Description

Square panel of pieced fabrics sewn together. Red background, black foreground. Flying figure (frog?), a star, a monkey holding a bird, and 4 corn symbols inside central triangle. Two long-tailed birds flank the triangle. Similar to 95-10-8.

Length 37 cm
Width 47 cm
Credit Line Gift of Judith Gross, 1995

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