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Labyrinth Mola Panel

before 1960
Cotton; reverse appliqué, appliqué
Overall: 42 x 53 cm (16 9/16 x 20 7/8 in.)
Gift of Howard A. Aronson 2021.153
Location: not on view
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Panels like this one originally were sewn into blouses known as molas.

Description

This Labyrinth Mola Panel is executed in one of the most prestigious of Guna mola-making techniques. Known as bisu-bisu, it is a geometric maze of evenly spaced lines that create winding paths across the surface and visually dissolve the divide between figure and ground.
Labyrinth Mola Panel

Labyrinth Mola Panel

before 1960

Republic of Panamá, Gunayala Comarca, Guna people

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