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Object Number 971-14-20/23908
Display Title Mola: Three fans
Descriptions
Object Description Mola: Three fans
Inventory Description Mola, appliqued, red background, multicolored fan motif
Classification
  • Applique
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / San Blas Islands / <County> / Ustapo
Materials Fabric
Dimensions Overall: 57.5 x 45 cm (22 5/8 x 17 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 971-14-20/23908; Panama, San Blas, Cuna; UST 801B
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. Louis Hoover, 1971

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