Woman's Mola blouse
Panama, San Blas Islands; Kuna
Collected by Mari Lyn Salvador, 1966-68, acc. 1975.
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Molas are the appliquéd front or back panels of a blouse that is part of the traditional dress worn by Kuna women. Following the tradition of Lila O'Neale and her mentor, professor Nelson Graburn, graduate student Mari Lyn Salvador gathered a reference collection of molas. She then interviewed Kuna women about their craft and artistic standards.
A Kuna woman, Ana Lopéz, applying nose paint.
Photograph by Mari Lyn Salvador, Tigre, Panama, 1997.
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