Mola Panel depicting Bells
Unidentified Guna (Kuna) maker
1960s
Cloth panel; orange foundation mostly obscured by gray applique with green, pink, blue, yellow; design of four pairs of bells
Overall: 20 1/2 × 16 15/16 in. (52 × 43 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
170.64.25161
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
Ignacio Perez, Nalunega Island, Panama; sold to Russell A. Mittermeier (Class of 1971) for the Dartmouth College Museum, 1970.
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