Mola: Plant Leaves or Paddles

2008.22.0091

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Artifact Identification Mola: Plant Leaves or Paddles   (2008.22.0091)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Art
  4. :
  5. N/A
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Contemporary
Date 1968 - late 1970s
Culture Cuna, Kuna
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Width) 47.6 cm
Dimension 2 (Length) 40.8 cm
Dimension 3 (Length) 40.2 cm
Weight 100 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Textile--Cotton
Manufacturing Processes Textile--Appliqué

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Chaves, Enrique and Linnea Angermuller. About Molas. FSU Isthmian Anthropology Society, Panama: 1972.

Kapp, Kit. Mola Art. K.S. Kapp Publications, North Bend, OH: 1972.

Salvador, Mari Lyn. The Art of Being Kuna: Layers of Meaning Among the Kuna of Panama. Fowler Museum, Los Angeles: 1997.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Kieffer-Lopez Collection
Reproduction No

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