$40
Three very colorful, San Blas molas/ wall tapestries made by the Kuna of the San Blas Islands; cotton with Velcro strips to back; largest measures approximately 21-1/2" x 16-1/4", second largest is 18" x 13-1/2", and smallest is 17" x 13-3/4"; all in Good condition with very minimal wear. The mola or molas, forms part of the traditional outfit 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). 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 colors; in later years these same designs were woven in cotton, and later still, sewn using cloth bought from the European settlers of Panamá.
Auctioneer:
Bremoauctions
Date:
2016-02-20
