id:			146013
accession number:	1971.211
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1971.211
updated:		2023-01-11 03:00:29.461000

Basket Mola Panel (Garba Mor), c. 1950–70. Republic of Panamá, Gunayala Comarca, Guna people, Urgandi community. Cotton: reverse appliqué, appliqué, embroidery; overall: 32.5 x 39 cm (12 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. Louis Hoover 1971.211

title:				Basket Mola Panel (Garba Mor)
title in original language:	
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1950–70
creation date earliest:		1945
creation date latest:		1975
current location:		
creditline:			Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. Louis Hoover
copyright:			

---

culture:	Republic of Panamá, Gunayala Comarca, Guna people, Urgandi community
technique:	cotton: reverse appliqué, appliqué, embroidery
department:	Textiles
collection:	Textiles
type:		Textile
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

---

CREATORS

---

measurements: Overall: 32.5 x 39 cm (12 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	

support materials:


inscriptions:

---

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:		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).

---

LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

---

PROVENANCE

---

fun fact:


digital description:


wall description:
Among the most abstract mola designs are those based on men’s basketry, like these examples. The rhythmic, meandering lines produce effects that sometimes make the pattern shift under the viewer’s gaze. These technical marvels require extreme precision, particularly in cutting long, uninterrupted slits in the upper layer (or layers) of cloth.
---

RELATED WORKS

---

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. 9b
	url:		

---

IMAGES