Mola
Textile
95-10-8
From: Panama | San Blas Islands
Curatorial Section: American
Object Number | 95-10-8 |
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 | Corn | Scepter? | Bird |
Description | Square panel of pieced fabrics sewn together. Red background, black foreground. Flying figure (frog?), a star, a monkey holding corn? or a septor?, and 4 corn symbols inside central triangle. Two long-tailed birds flank the triangle. Similar to 95-10-7. |
Length | 37 cm |
Width | 47 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Judith Gross, 1995 |
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