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Object Number 971-14-20/23877
Display Title Mola: Frog motif (complete blouse)
Descriptions
Object Description Mola: Frog motif (complete blouse)
Inventory Description Shirt w/ 2 molas sewn on, white w/ orange, red and black trim at collar/sleeve
Classification
  • Shirt
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / San Blas Islands / <County> / Achatupu
Materials Fabric
Dimensions Overall: 54 x 74 cm (21 1/4 x 29 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 971-14-20/23877; Red Book, 971-14-20/23877, Panama, San Blas, Cuna, B9:; ACH 803
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. Louis Hoover, 1971

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