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costume
textiles
South American art
Native American art
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Titles or Names
Text: Kuna Mola Preference:
preferred Type: repository
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Creation
Creator Description: unknown Kuna
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Identity:unknown Kuna Role:needleworker
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Creation Date:
ca. 1922 Earliest:1917 Latest:1927
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Creation Place/Original Location: Panama
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Measurements
Dimensions Description: 52 x 69 cm
(20 1/2 x 27 1/8 inches)
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Value: 52 Unit: cm Type:
height Value: 69 Unit: cm Type:
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Materials and Techniques
Description: cotton appliqué,
with embroidery
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Material Name:
cotton Technque Names:
appliqué
sewing
embroidery
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Subject Matter
Indexing Terms:
animals
apparel
needlework
squirrels
trees
cages
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Descriptive Note
Text: One side depicts stylized squirrels
perched in trees, the other side shows squirrels in
cages. Molas are placed on the lower front and back
of blouses.
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Citation: National Museum of the American
Indian online Page: accessed 24 July 2005
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Current Location
Repository Name/Geographic Location:
National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian
Institution (Washington, DC, United States) Repository Number:
19/8402
