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Object Number 971-14-20/23878
Display Title Mola of figures enclosed in gourds
Descriptions
Object Description Mola: Figures enclosed
Inventory Description Mola, red, human figures, gourds, plants, geometric designs
Classification
  • Applique
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / San Blas Islands / <County> / Achatupu
Dimensions Overall: 40.01 x 55.88 cm (15 3/4 x 22 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. Louis Hoover, 1971

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