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Object Number 971-14-20/23886
Display Title Mola: Serpent attacking animal
Descriptions
Object Description Mola: Serpent attacking animal
Inventory Description Mola, orange background, cat and snake design
Classification
  • Applique
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / San Blas Islands / <County> / Carti Sugtupo
Materials Fabric
Dimensions Overall: 38.74 x 52.71 cm (15 1/4 x 20 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 971-14-20/23886; Panama, San Blas, Cuna; CAR SUG 803B
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. Louis Hoover, 1971

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