Vintage Mola Molas Textile Art Mirrored Animal Abstract Stylized 16 1/8 Red for Sale

Vintage Mola Molas Textile Art Mirrored Animal Abstract Stylized 16 1/8 Red For Sale

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Vintage Mola Molas Textile Art Mirrored Animal Abstract Stylized 16 1/8 Red:
$181.50

Vintage Mola Molas Textile Art

Mirrored Small Animal

Abstract Stylized

Fabric itself is 16 1/8\" x 13 1/2\"

Red, turquoise, yellow, pink, cobalt, brown, yellow, lime green, teal green, orange, black

Currently matted, can be carefully removed,

From the web:

The mola or molas, forms part of the traditional outfit of a Kuna woman in Panama. Two mola panels belong together 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).

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 geometric designs, using available natural colors; in later years these same designs were woven in cotton, and later still, sewn using cloth bought from the European settlers of Panamá.