Blouse with Mola
Unidentified Guna (Kuna) maker
1960s
Blouse of two cloth panels (molas) with circular designs in red, orange, black and yellow; neck and sleeves of plain faded purple
Overall: 27 15/16 × 22 1/16 in. (71 × 56 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
170.64.25160
Geography
Place Made: Panama, Central America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Clothing: Outerwear
Research Area
Americas
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
Ubigantupu, Panama; sold to Russell A. Mittermeier (Class of 1971) for the Dartmouth College Museum, 1970.
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