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Mola

A work made of cotton, plain weaves, plain weaves with paired warps alternating with stripes of paired warp floats; appliqué and reverse appliqué; some printed; embroidered with cotton in chain stitches.

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  • A work made of cotton, plain weaves, plain weaves with paired warps alternating with stripes of paired warp floats; appliqué and reverse appliqué; some printed; embroidered with cotton in chain stitches.

Date:

1960/69

Artist:

Kuna
Panama, San Blas Islands, Isla Pina

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Culture

Kuna

Title

Mola

Place

San Blas (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1960–1969

Medium

Cotton, plain weaves, plain weaves with paired warps alternating with stripes of paired warp floats; appliqué and reverse appliqué; some printed; embroidered with cotton in chain stitches

Dimensions

40.3 × 55.2 cm (15 7/8 × 21 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of F. Louis Hoover

Reference Number

1969.851

Extended information about this artwork

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