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.
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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.
Cotton; 2 layers (black, white); reverse appliqué.
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Molas -- Panama
Appliqué -- Panama
Embroidery -- Panama