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1993.18.0007

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Artifact Identification Mola   (1993.18.0007)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Art
    3. :
  3. N/A
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1960-1979
Culture Kuna, Cuna Indians
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 50.2 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 37.5 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 0.1 cm
Weight 68 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Textile--Cotton
Manufacturing Processes Textile--Appliqué, Textile--Embroidered

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Salvador, Mari Lyn. Yer Dailege! Kuna Women's Art. Albuquerque: Maxwell Museum of Anthropology adn the University of New Mexico.

Parker, Ann and Avon Neal. Molas: Folk Art of the Cun Indians. Barre: Barre Publishing, 1977.

Patera, Charlotte. Mola Making. 1984 (746.9P272m) More about construction than history or themes. UIUC Library 746.9 P 272m

"The Kuna & their Mola Art Reading List." Encyclopedia Smithsonian, http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmai/kunamola.htm, 8/7/2008

"To Learn More Mola Tour." http://www.molatour.com/ToLearnMore.html, 8/7/2008

Kapp, Capt. Kit S. Mola Art from the San Blas Islands. North Bend: K. S. Kapp Publications, 1972.

Hirschfeld, Lawrence A. "Art in Cunaland: Ideology and Cultural Adaption." Man. New Series, Vol 12, No. 1, (Apr., 1977), pp. 104-123. From JStor.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Transfer from Illinois State University
Reproduction No

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