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Object Number 986-23-20/26134
Display Title Mola of animal figures enclosed by gourds and gourd plants
Descriptions
Object Description Mola
Inventory Description Mola, dual layer, orange, blue, animal figures, gourds plants
Classification
  • Applique
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / San Blas Islands / Weekab walla island
Dimensions Overall: 43.9 x 35 cm (17 5/16 x 13 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Kathleen Skelly, 1986
Provenance
Collector Kathleen Kansas Skelly (Summer 1986)

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