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Mola Panel with helicopter/time machine

Maker Unknown, Kuna

MediumCloth

Dimensions13 1/2” H x 15 1/2” W

SignedNone

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object numberNLA2013.02B.LMA

DescriptionOne of a pair of mola panels (with NLA2013.02A). Three layers of fabric in maroon, black, and orange together with additional interleaved fabrics create a reverse appliqué and appliqué image of a helicopter/time machine, a man, and a cat (?). The machine has various sizes and colors of pierce circles and a five-pointed star at the top. Both the machine and the figures are decorated with chain and running stitches. Multicolored lines in reverse appliqué fill the background.

ClassificationsTextiles

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