The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Basket Mola Panel (Garba Sor Mor)
mid-1900s
Overall: 35.6 x 46.4 cm (14 x 18 1/4 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
Among the most abstract mola designs are those based on men’s basketry, like this example. The rhythmic, meandering lines produce effects that sometimes make the pattern shift under the viewer’s gaze. These technical marvels require extreme precision, particularly in cutting long, uninterrupted slits in the upper layer (or layers) of cloth. In the blue-and-red example, with its daunting cuts and shimmery optical effects, the red lines unexpectedly remain connected to the border.- Vazquez de Arthur, Andrea. Fashioning identity: Mola textiles of Panamá = modelar la identidad : textiles Mola de Panamá / Andrea Vazquez de Arthur. 2020. Mentioned: pp. 8-9; Reproduced: p. 3. Fig. 8
- Fashioning Identity: Mola Textiles of Panamá. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 2020-January 9, 2022).Molas: Tribal Signature of the Cuna Indians. Beck Center for the Arts, Lakewood, OH (July 7-August 28, 1983).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1971.1012