Kuna
Mola: Owl-Eyes
1939-1969
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Kuna
Mola: Owl-Eyes
1939-1969
Physical Qualities
Cotton, 16 x 18 1/2 in. (40.6 x 47 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Nancy and Robert Swindell, Baltimore
Object Number
2013.142
Panamanian mola depicting abstract circles with horns which might possibly be owl eyes (a common motif among indigenous Panamanian peoples). Red ground with appliqué and reverse appliqué solid fabrics in green, blue, yellow, pink, orange, black, purple, white. Panel was used as either the front or back of a woman's blouse.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2013; Nancy Swindell, Baltimore
Herta Puls. Textiles of the Kuna Indians of Panama.
The Art of Cutwork and Applique: Historic, Modern and Kuna Indian.
Charlotte Patera. Mola Making.
Michael Perrin. Magnificent Molas.
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Enrique Chaves and Linnea Angermuller. About Molas.
Rhoda Auld. Molas.
Frederick Shaffer. Mola Designs. (New York: Dover Publications, 1982)
Capt. Kit S. Kapp. Mola Art from the San Blas Islands. (1972)
The Art of Cutwork and Applique: Historic, Modern and Kuna Indian.
Charlotte Patera. Mola Making.
Michael Perrin. Magnificent Molas.
Ann Parker and Avon Neal. Molas: Folk Art of the Cuna Indians.
Enrique Chaves and Linnea Angermuller. About Molas.
Rhoda Auld. Molas.
Frederick Shaffer. Mola Designs. (New York: Dover Publications, 1982)
Capt. Kit S. Kapp. Mola Art from the San Blas Islands. (1972)
