Vtg 1971 Mola Needle Art Work 2 Birds Panama Kuna Indian Native Applique

Vtg 1971 Mola Needle Art Work 2 Birds Panama Kuna Indian Native Craft Applique Framed

Stunning color and handcrafted needle work…

The framed art is 14 1/2″ x 19″ x 1 1/4″

This piece is fabulous with fantastic colors….

The silver tone and wood frame is subdued and charming…

Mola Art:

he mola forms part of the traditional costume of a Kuna woman, two mola panels being incorporated as front and back panels in a blouse. The full costume traditionally includes a patterned wrapped skirt (saburet), a red and yellow headscarf (musue), arm and leg beads (wini), a gold nose ring (olasu) and earrings in addition to the mola blouse (dulemor).^[1] In Dulegaya, the Kuna’s native language, “mola” means “shirt” or “clothing”. The mola originated with the tradition of Kuna women painting their bodies with geometrical designs, using available natural colours; in later years these same designs were woven in cotton, and later still, sewn using cloth bought from the European settlers of Panamá.

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