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Wini (arm and leg beads)

Date

1998

Authors

De la Ossa, Marianna, artist

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Abstract

Each section of beading is one continuous string. The woman crafting the wini must adjust her pattern in order to accommodate both the design and the body's contours.

Description

This item was part of an exhibition at the Avenir Museum of Design and Merchandising titled Kuna Molas: Sewn Stories and the Interplay of Tradition and Change, August 18, 2014-July 31, 2015.
Commercially made glass beads.

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Subject

Molas -- Panama
Beadwork -- Panama

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