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Object Number 971-14-20/23899
Display Title Mola: Two animals facing each other
Descriptions
Object Description Mola: Two animals facing each other
Inventory Description Mola, applique, multicolored animal motif
Classification
  • Applique
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / San Blas Islands / <County> / Mamitupu
Materials Fabric
Dimensions Overall: 55 x 44.5 cm (21 5/8 x 17 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 971-14-20/23899; Panama, San Blas, Cuna; MAM 803B
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. Louis Hoover, 1971

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