Mola Blouse
Unidentified Guna (Kuna) maker
about 1950
Cotton cloth
Overall: 23 5/8 × 27 9/16 in. (60 × 70 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Acquired by exchange from the Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
55.4.13246
Geography
Place Made: Panama, Central America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Research Area
Americas
Textiles and Costumes
Not on view
Exhibition History
Dressing Up Culture: Molas from Kuna Yala, Alvin P. Gutman Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 17-December 7, 2008.
Provenance
Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan; received by present collection in Exchange 96, January 4, 1955.
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