Mola Panel with Nele/Nuchu Nele curing a baby
Maker
Rotilda Diaz
MediumCloth
Dimensions14 3/4” H x 18 3/4” W
SignedNone
Credit LineMuseum Purchase; Funded by David Albert and Laura Klugherz
Object numberNLA2013.20A.ALB
DescriptionOne of a pair of mola panels (with NLA2013.20B). Mola panel in three fabric layers of maroon, black, and blue floral creating reverse appliqué images depicting Nele and Nuchu Nele figures curing a baby. Multicolored triangular shapes in reverse appliqué fill the background.
ClassificationsTextiles
Collections
Exhibitions
Imagining Indigeneity in a Global Future
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