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Object Number 971-14-20/23883
Display Title Mola: Animals enclosed
Descriptions
Object Description Mola: Animals enclosed
Inventory Description Mola, applique, red background, dark red trim, multi-colored animal motif
Classification
  • Applique
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / San Blas Islands / <County> / Carti Mulatupu
Materials Fabric
Dimensions Overall: 38.74 x 45.09 cm (15 1/4 x 17 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 971-14-20/23883; Panama, San Blas, Cuna; CAR MUL 805B
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. Louis Hoover, 1971

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