id:			146007
accession number:	1971.206
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.206
updated:		2022-01-12 10:01:46.312000

Enclosed Bird Mola Panel, mid 1900s. Republic of Panamá, Gunayala Comarca, Guna people, Sugtupo community. Cotton: reverse appliqué; overall: 44 x 57.2 cm (17 5/16 x 22 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. Louis Hoover 1971.206

title:				Enclosed Bird Mola Panel
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creation date:			mid 1900s
creation date earliest:		1920
creation date latest:		1971
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creditline:			Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. Louis Hoover
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culture:	Republic of Panamá, Gunayala Comarca, Guna people, Sugtupo community
technique:	cotton: reverse appliqué
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
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measurements: Overall: 44 x 57.2 cm (17 5/16 x 22 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1971
	opening date:   1971-12-28T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1971</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).

	title:		Molas: Tribal Signature of the Cuna Indians
	opening date:   1983-07-07T04:00:00
	<i>Molas: Tribal Signature of the Cuna Indians</i>. Beck Center for the Arts, Lakewood, OH (July 7-August 28, 1983).

	title:		Fashioning Identity: Mola Textiles of Panamá
	opening date:   2020-11-22T05:00:00
	<i>Fashioning Identity: Mola Textiles of Panamá</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 2020-January 9, 2022).

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Made in pairs—identical or closely related—mola panels naturally play on the concept of duality. The idea of the double runs deep in Guna belief, and this framework also guides the designs of individual panels. Motifs are often doubled, presented as mirror images, or composed so that one side of the design mimics the other , as we see here, with strong emphasis on balancing the right and left sides of the composition.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Vazquez de Arthur, Andrea. Fashioning identity: Mola textiles of Panamá = modelar la identidad : textiles Mola de Panamá / Andrea Vazquez de Arthur. 2020.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 10-11; Reproduced: p. 10. Fig. 9c
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