MVC-0011/MVC-0012 (previous number (MVC number, Mossman-Vitale collection))
Accession number:
Acc.4734
Object count:
2
Description:
Molas, matched pair. a) 55.5 cm x 42.5 cm. 4.5 cm. orange border on bottom; facing motifs of one bird on top of another bird (chicken?) (four birds in all); upper birds have feather patterns within bodies; lower birds have abstract geometric motifs w/in bodies. fill is horizontal lines. Color layers are red, pink and purple, w/ pieces in gold, green, blue, lime and printed material. b) same as a w// different fill cuts and fill colors.
Donor:
Kathleen Vitale and Paul Vitale
Collection place:
San Blas Islands, Panama
Verbatim coll. place:
Latin America; Panama; San Blas Islands; Cuna
Culture or time period:
Kuna
Collector:
Rachel Gould Mossman
Collection date:
1967
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Synthetic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Embroidery (visual works) and Molas
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2006
Context of use:
trade items (were formerly parts of a mola blouse)