Mola Panel with 1-Stove

Unidentified Guna (Kuna) maker

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late 1960s

Cloth panel red foundation nearly concealed by applique, mostly in black although there are many other colors; design resembles pot-bellied stove

Overall: 16 15/16 × 13 3/4 in. (43 × 35 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

170.64.25157

Geography

Place Made: Nalunega island, Panama, Central America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Clothing: Outerwear

Research Area

Americas

Textiles and Costumes

Not on view

Provenance

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

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