Embroidered Garment
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 May 1932
name: label: Donor Name
content: Bureau Of American Ethnology
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Represents animal motifs in color designs of applique embroidery and patchwork."
label: Notes
content: Described in Footnote 36, p. 25 in Marks, Diana, 2014, "The Kuna Mola: Dress, Politics and Cultural Survival," Dress (The Journal of the Costume Society of America) 40(1):17-30, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/0361211214Z.00000000021. Design on back of blouse is identified as based on Chilean coat of arms.
label: Notes
content: Design on mola on front of blouse appears to be based on the old U.S. Navy shield, eagle and anchors insignia. A spread winged eagle is atop a shield with stars and stripes; and anchors with rope/chain are also represented.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Southeast, Panama, Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Tule (Kuna, Guna)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 119515
label: USNM Number
content: E364245-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Blouse