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Object Number 2018.3.4
Display Title Mola-style collar? Belt?
Descriptions
Object Description Mola-style collar? Belt? Red ground with multicolored bird and human figures; center tree with star and letters
Inventory Description Mola, collar?, red ground with multicolored bird and human figures, center tree with star and letters
Classification
  • Clothing
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Panama / San Blas Islands / San Blas
Materials Cotton Dye
Dimensions Overall: 20 × 90 × 0.2 cm (7 7/8 × 35 7/16 × 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2018.3.4
Credit Line Gift of A. Karen Romney
Provenance
Owner Samuel Kirkland Lothrop Jr.
Owner A. Karen Romney
Collector Joy Mahler Lothrop
Collector Dr. Samuel Kirkland Lothrop
Donor Donated by A. Karen Romney (1/29/2018)

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