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Object Number 971-14-20/23903
Display Title Primarily black mola depicting African masked dancers
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mola, multi-layered, base black, two masked dancers
Classification
  • Applique
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / San Blas Islands / <County> / Rio Sidra
Dimensions Overall: 38.5 x 45 cm (15 3/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. Louis Hoover, 1971
Provenance
Collector Dr. F. Louis Hoover
Collector Mrs. F. Louis Hoover
Donor Donated by Dr. F. Louis Hoover (1971)
Donor Donated by Mrs. F. Louis Hoover (1971)

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