Flower, Birds, and Profile Animal Mola Panel
Unknown Artist
1900s
Medium
Cotton; reverse appliqué, appliqué, embroidery
Dimensions
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Classification
Garment
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Cathy Lincoln
Accession Number
2021.154
About this artwork
This whimsical, well-made panel was created by a female artist of the Guna, an Indigenous people of the Republic of Panamá. It was one of two identical or similar panels that were stitched into the front or back of a blouse (mola). Such blouses are so distinctive to the Guna that they are the single most recognizable element of Guna cultural identity.