Mola

Textiles

1960/69

Guna
Wichubuala, Guna Yala, Panama

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Culture: Guna
Title: Mola
Place: Guna Yala (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 weave, in reverse applique (old card)
Dimensions: 42.2 × 52 cm (16 5/8 × 20 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of F. Louis Hoover
Reference Number: 1970.385

Art Institute of Chicago, Folk Art Textiles from the Collection, Nov. 1, 1971-July 5, 1972.

F. Louis Hoover and Lucille Hoover, Normal, IL, by Feb. 22, 1970 [letter from donor, Feb. 22, 1970; incoming receipt RX7420, Mar. 24, 1970; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1970.

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