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Mola: Bird motif
Object Number 971-14-20/23879
Display Title Mola: Bird motif
Descriptions
Object Description Mola: Bird motif
Inventory Description Mola, red background, mult-colored design, bird motif
Classification
  • Applique
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / San Blas Islands / <County> / Carti Mulatupu
Materials Fabric
Dimensions Overall: 30.48 x 40.64 cm (12 x 16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 971-14-20/23879; Panama, San Blas, Cuna; CAR MUL 801B
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. Louis Hoover, 1971

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