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Object Number
972-32-00/1.41
Display Title
Mola showing deceased wrapped in hammock being carried by two men to burial grounds
Descriptions
Object Description
Printed on Board: "The other side of the mola shows a / dead person, wrapped in his hammock / being carried by two men to the / burial grounds. Two women are in / attendance, smoking pipes. / Rio Sidra"
Department
Photographic
Date
1971
Artist
Norbert Sperlich
Artist
Elizabeth Katz
Culture
- Cuna
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Panama
/
San Blas Islands
/
<County>
/
Rio Sidra
Materials
Print, color adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions
Overall: 8.255 × 12.065 cm (3 1/4 × 4 3/4 in.)
Provenance
Donor
Donated by
Elizabeth Katz
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