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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.

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)

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