Kuna
Mola: Pelicans
1939-1969
Scroll
Kuna
Mola: Pelicans
1939-1969
Physical Qualities
Cotton, 16 x 17 1/2 in. (40.6 x 44.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Nancy and Robert Swindell, Baltimore
Object Number
2013.143
Panamanian mola with two confronting pelicans. Ground color is red. Appliqué and reverse appliqué in solid colored textiles of black, purple, green, blue, lime, yellow, pink, orange, tan. Depicts two large pelicans facing, one with a fish in its beak. Abstract images surround the two birds. A dark yellow-brown fabric of one inch is attached to the bottom of the panel. 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
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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)
