ID: 700000118 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000118	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Usgwinni Mor, Squirrel Mola (mola; unknown Kuna; ca. 1922; National Museum of the American Indian (Washington, DC, Unit...; 19/8402 )

Note: One side of this mola shows squirrels perched in trees, while the other side shows them in cages. Molas are placed on the lower front and back of shirts and blouses, worn by both men and women.

Titles:

Usgwinni Mor, Squirrel Mola (preferred,C,U,D,RP,English-P,U,U)

Kuna Mola (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

mola [300240210] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, costume components)

Classifications:

costume / clothing (preferred)

Native American art

South American art

textiles

Creation Date: ca. 1922

Creator Display:

unknown Kuna [preferred,VP]

needleworker unknown Kuna (Kuna cultural designation) [500203173]

Locations:

Creation: Panamá [7005565] (Geographic)

Current: National Museum of the American Indian (Washington, DC, United States) [500311470] Smithsonian Institution, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 19/8402

Credit Line: William W. Andrew Collection

Display Materials: cotton appliqué, with embroidery

	cotton (textile) [300014067]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by composition or origin>)

	appliqué (technique) [300053646]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, textile processes and techniques, <textile working processes and techniques>, <needleworking and needleworking techniques>, needleworking (process))

	sewing (needleworking technique) [300053658]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, textile processes and techniques, <textile working processes and techniques>, <needleworking and needleworking techniques>, needleworking (process))

	embroidering [300053653]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <processes and techniques by material>, textile processes and techniques, <textile working processes and techniques>, <needleworking and needleworking techniques>, needleworking (process))

Dimensions: 52 x 69 cm (20 1/2 x 27 1/8 inches)

Cultures:

(preferred)

General Subject:

apparel (preferred)

animals

Specific Subjects:

	squirrel [300250601]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Rodentia (order), Sciuridae (family)) (AAT)

	tree [300132410]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), woody plants) (AAT)

	animal cage [300024379]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, animal husbandry containers) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Usgwinni Mor, Squirrel Mola	........ [VP]
	........ NMAI [online] (2005-)
Kuna Mola	........ [VP]
	........ NMAI [online] (2005-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... NMAI [online] (2005-) accessed 24 July 2005