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Hanger "Grandmother mola"

Date

1970-1979

Authors

Unidentified artist

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Abstract

This pattern is based on wooden tree-fork hangers tied to interior walls of Kuna thatched dwellings and used to hold clothes or household tools. Black and white molas were popular in the 1960s and 70s.

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.
Cotton; 2 layers (black, white); reverse appliqué.

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Subject

Molas -- Panama
Appliqué -- Panama
Embroidery -- Panama

Citation

Associated Publications