Vintage Traditional Kuna Indian Mola
Measures approx. 16 by 14 .
Hand stitched.
Vibrant coloring.
Beautiful details and workmanship.
Great collectible Latin American traditional art.
Perfect for framing.
Information about the mola: The mola forms part of the traditional costume of a Kuna woman, two mola panels being incorporated as front and back panels in a blouse. The full costume traditionally includes a patterned wrapped skirt (saburet), a red and yellow headscarf (musue), arm and leg beads (wini), a gold nose ring (olasu) and earrings in addition to the mola blouse (dulemor). In Dulegaya, the Kuna's native language, mola means shirt or clothing . The mola originated with the tradition of Kuna women painting their bodies with geometrical designs, using available natural colours; in later years these same designs were woven in cotton, and later still, sewn using cloth bought from the European settlers of Panamá.
Development of the style: Molas have their origin in body pai

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