Mola Blouse

2008.22.0116

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification	Mola Blouse (2008.22.0116)
Classification/ Nomenclature	Personal Artifacts : Clothing : Main Garments
Artist/Maker	Unknown
Geographic Location	America, Central : Panama : San Blas Islands
Period	Contemporary
Date	1968 - late 1970s
Culture	Cuna, Kuna

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Width)	74.6 cm
Dimension 2 (Length)	54.8 cm
Dimension 3 (Length)	21.8 cm
Weight	308 g
Measuring Remarks	Under Review
Materials	Textile--Cotton
Manufacturing Processes	Textile--Appliqué, Textile--Hand Sewn

Research Remarks

Description	Under Review
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. 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	Kieffer-Lopez Collection
Reproduction	No

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