Mola
Date1950s-60s
Maker
Cuna, Panamanian
Label TextMolas are colorful multilayered panels that adourn women's blouses of the Kuna people of coastal Panama. The earliest designs were primarily adapted from geometric body painting but evolved into a florescence of motifs, including mythological beings, sea creatures, and everyday scenes.
Object number2019.32.10
ProvenancePrivate collection, Shaw Island, Washington, by the 1960s; to the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2019
Photo CreditPhoto: Scott Leen
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Cosmic Beings in Mesoamerican and Andean Art, Nov. 10, 2018 - ongoing [on view Mar. 3 - Oct. 10, 2021].Credit LineGift of an anonymous donor
DimensionsOverall: 23 x 27 in. (58.4 x 68.6 cm)
MediumCotton cloth and cotton thread
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