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Kuna
Mola: Soldier Riding on the Back of a Turtle
1939
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Kuna
Mola: Soldier Riding on the Back of a Turtle
1939
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Cotton, 16 x 19 1/2 in. (40.6 x 49.5 cm.)
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Gift of Nancy and Robert Swindell, Baltimore
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2013.145
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The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2013; Nancy Swindell, Baltimore
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