Mola with an Animal

Unidentified Guna (Kuna) maker

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early 1960s

Cloth panel, yellow foundation almost completely covered by applique in orange and black

Overall: 13 × 11 13/16 in. (33 × 30 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

170.64.25148

Geography

Place Made: Nalunega island, Panama, Central America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Clothing: Outerwear

Research Area

Americas

Not on view

Provenance

Ignacio Perez, Nalunega, Panama; sold to Russell A. Mittermeier (Class of 1971) for the Dartmouth College Museum, 1970.

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