Blouse with Mola Panels
Unidentified Guna (Kuna) maker
1960s
Blouse made of two cloth panels, red foundation design in many colors. Pattern is four bird's heads on each side, facing each other. Neck and sleeves of a multicolered print.
Overall: 29 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (75 × 52 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
170.64.25153
Geography
Place Made: Nalunega island, Panama, Central America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Research Area
Americas
Not on view
Provenance
Nana Diaz, Nalunega, Panama; sold to Russell A. Mittermeier (Class of 1971) for the Dartmouth College Museum, 1970.
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