Images(2)

Mola Panel with Boy riding a dolphin

Maker Unknown, Kuna

Datec. 2009

MediumCloth

Dimensions14 1/2” H x 19 1/2” W

SignedNone

Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by Carol Ann Lorenz

Object numberNLA2012.04.LOR

DescriptionMola panel with three fabric layers in maroon, black, and blue that create the serrated border of a large figure of a boy riding a dolphin flanked by two fish. Underbelly of the dolphin is multicolored appliqué lines, while body of dolphin and fish and shorts and buttoned shirt of boy have extensive embroidery. Appliqué and reverse appliqué fabrics create multicolored concentric triangles throughout background. Appliqué letters spell out “Delfin” (dolphin) at the center top.

ClassificationsTextiles

Collections

Longyear Museum of Anthropology Collections

Exhibitions

Imagining Indigeneity in a Global Future

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