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Object Number 971-14-20/23900
Display Title Mola: Double womb theme (complete blouse)
Descriptions
Object Description Mola: Double womb theme (complete blouse)
Inventory Description Shirt w/ 2 molas sewn on, blue background w/ multi-colored trim at collar/slee
Classification
  • Shirt
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / San Blas Islands / <County> / Mamitupu
Materials Cotton fabric
Dimensions Overall: 39.37 x 50.8 cm (15 1/2 x 20 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 971-14-20/23900; MAM 804B
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. Louis Hoover, 1971

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