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Object Number 971-14-20/23906
Display Title Mola: Pelican catching fish
Descriptions
Object Description Mola: Pelican catching fish
Inventory Description Mola, applique, red background, multicolored, pelican catching fish motif
Classification
  • Applique
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / San Blas Islands / <County> / Rio Sidra
Materials Cotton fabric
Dimensions Overall: 51 x 40 cm (20 1/16 x 15 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 971-14-20/23906; RIO SID 806B
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. Louis Hoover, 1971

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