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Mola: Flower motif
Object Number 971-14-20/23893
Display Title Mola: Flower motif
Descriptions
Object Description Mola: Flower motif
Inventory Description Mola, applique, black background, red floral design
Classification
  • Applique
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Cuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / San Blas Islands / <County> / Carti Yantupo
Materials Fabric
Dimensions Overall: 49.5 x 41 cm (19 1/2 x 16 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 971-14-20/23893; Panama, San Blas, Cuna; CAR YAN 801B
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. Louis Hoover, 1971

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