Mola Blouse Of Pair Of Molas Sewn Together
date: label: Accession Date
content: 18 Jul 1990
label: Collection Date
content: 1923
name: label: Collector
content: Ruth Randolph
label: Donor Name
content: Charles Weatherly
notes: label: Notes
content: WOMAN'S BLOUSE WITH PAIR OF ABSTRACT DESIGN MOLA PANELS ON FRONT AND BACK. BOTH PANELS HAVE TOP LAYER OF RED CLOTH CUT OUT IN PATTERN AND APPLIQUED TO SECOND LAYER OF BLACK CLOTH; BLACK CLOTH CUT OUT IN PATTERN AND APPLIQUED TO THIRD LAYER OF ORANGE CLOTH; ORANGE, CLOTH, CUT OUT AND APPLIQUED TO BASE LAYER OF WHITE CLOTH. ADDITIONAL DECORATIVE APPLIQUE IN YELLOW, PURPLE AND PATTERNED CLOTH. ONE PANEL HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF DECORATIVE EMBROIDERY. YOKE OF BLOUSE IS RED, BLACK AND WHITE PATTERNED CLOTH; NECK OPENING IS BOUND WITH BLUE CLOTH. BLOUSE IS STAINED AND WORN AND BOTH PANELS HAVE HOLES. THIS MOLA BLOUSE IS ILLUS. IN PL. 6.94, P. 188 OF THE ART OF BEING KUNA, ED. MARI LYN SALVADOR, UCLA FOWLER MUSEUM OF CULTURAL HISTORY, 1997, WHERE MOLA DESIGN IS IDENTIFIED AS STEERING WHEEL FROM A BOAT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: San Blas Islands, Panama, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Kuna (Guna)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 385332
label: USNM Number
content: E425635-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blouse
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 52 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 55 cm