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$8.70 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Bedford, United States This was one of them. I began my fieldwork and ethnographic studies in Kuna Yala in 1979 and have been steadily travelling back there ever since. These ... moreare objects acquired from more than 20 years of collecting both in the field and in New York.
$8.70 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Studio City, United States This vintage Mola textile is a unique piece handmade by the Kuna Yala Indians of Costa Rica. Its vibrant design highlights the rich culture and craftsmanship ... moreof the Panamanian people. The intricate parrot design adds color to any room and makes for a great collectible item. Whether you're a fan of Latin American art or appreciate handmade items, this Mola textile is a must-have. Add it to your collection today!
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$6.60 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Cypress, United States The style belies its complexity, seeming deceptively easy in its conceptualization and execution. In fact, this style is more difficult to carry out successfully ... morethan the naturalistic format. An inconsistent width of the cut line could result in the failure of the design.
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$8.70 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Bedford, United States Sale of molas, nuchus and other arts help the kuna Indians in promoting and maintaining their cultural and ethnic identity. This was one of them.
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Free Shipping Condition: Used Location: Cypress, United States The style belies its complexity, seeming deceptively easy in its conceptualization and execution. In fact, this style is more difficult to carry out successfully ... morethan the naturalistic format. An inconsistent width of the cut line could result in the failure of the design.
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$14.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Alhambra, United States Dressed in traditional clothing that consists of a blouse with Mola panels, and a headscarf, or Muswe. This doll is made of a lightweight single piece ... moreof wood. She features detailed motifs on all sides.
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$73.75 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Temple, United States Wonderfully Handmade by the Kuna Indians from the San Blas Islands in Panama. I picked this one out myself when my dad was stationed in Panama right before ... morewe gave the Panama Canal back to the Panamanians. 1977-78 It was quite an adventure to go to the islands and see another culture and actually watch the woman make this mola. The Panamanian Government has now made the sea turtle a protected species. Now it's time to pass it on to another family so they may appreciate the beautiful work of the Kuna Indians as well as I have. It has 7 different colors in it.
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$15.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Alhambra, United States Dressed in traditional clothing that consists of a blouse with Mola panels, a headscarf, or Muswe, and legs are painted with bands of green and red color. ... moreThis doll is made of a lightweight single piece of wood.
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$18.60 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Helendale, United States She’s dressed with the traditional clothing that consists in a blouse with Mola panels on the front and back, a blue bead plastic necklace, a skirt, or ... moreSaburet made of printed cotton wrapped around the waist, a headscarf, or Muswe, usually of red and yellow printed cotton, a nose ring and her arms and legs are painted with bands of green and orange color.
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$10.85 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Urbana, United States If you have questions. Please feel free to call me on Skype. Click on the images above for larger views) This mola pillow measures 11" x 13" ... moreIt's a really nice pillow and well made. The measurements are from the tail to the nose to tail and back to feet. It is stuffed and ready to use. Someone is going to be really happy. The Mola Story A short 30 minute flight from Panama City will take you several centuries back into the past. As you visit the San Blas Islands of the Kuna people, who still keep their old lifestyle and traditions. The Archipelago is composed of over three hundred islands. Some inhabited, some not, some named others remaining nameless to this day, all of them surrounded with crystal clear waters. It is Paradise found. The Kuna people wear dresses adorned with hand made molas. As well as colored bead ornaments on their wrists and ankles. Chains, pectorals, a red headress, and gold noserings complete their every-day attire. Your adventure at San Blas could be a stay at an uninhabited island. A fishing tour, dancing and traditional rites, diving and spear-gun fishing, the enjoyment of the crystalline waters or merely the peace of a hammock swung by the wind. But to complete your visit you will undoubtably purchase a souvenir mola to remember your adventure. Molas are undoubtedly the most famous art produced in Panama. The Kuna women have been sewing these works of art for years. They incorporate them into their clothing. Usually with one mola serving as the front of the blouse, and another for the back. The mola is often described as a reverse appliqué. For each color of cloth that you see there is a piece of cloth of that color sewn into the mola. Each mola is hand-stitched with thousand of stitches. The theme of the mola is determined by the imagination of the artist. Once assembled. They are placed on both the lower front and lower back of a blouse. These colorful blouses are only part of the daily attire worn by the Kuna women of Central America. The mola blouses, and mola pan
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