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Mola : Person Squatting
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States
The mola is an art form that is part of the traditional women's clothing of the Kuna, an indigenous people from Panama and Colombia. This mola panel is made with cotton fabric and handsewn with reverse applique. It has a red background with a multi-colored design of a human figure, squatting, with arms raised, wearing a crown or headdress. Text at top: "ISTMENOS"
"Istmenos" is probably Istmeños = natives/inhabitants of the Isthmus.
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Details
- Title: Mola : Person Squatting
- Location: San Blas Islands, Panama, Central America
- Physical Dimensions: L: 48cm W: 40.5cm
- Type: Mola
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
- Medium: Cotton fabric, applique
- USNM Catalog Number(s): E433531
- Photo Credit: Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Field: Ethnology
- Date Collected: 1964
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