The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 20, 2025
Two Birds Mola Panel
c. 1950–1970
Overall: 39.5 x 47.5 cm (15 9/16 x 18 11/16 in.)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. Louis Hoover 1971.213
Location: Not on view
Description
Made in pairs—identical or closely related—mola panels naturally play on the concept of duality. The idea of the double runs deep in Guna belief, and this framework also guides the designs of individual panels. Motifs are often doubled, presented as mirror images like here, or composed so that one side of the design mimics the other, with strong emphasis on balancing the right and left sides of the composition.- Vazquez de Arthur, Andrea. Fashioning identity: Mola textiles of Panamá = modelar la identidad : textiles Mola de Panamá / Andrea Vazquez de Arthur. 2020. Mentioned: pp. 2-3; Reproduced: p. 3. Fig. 2
- Fashioning Identity: Mola Textiles of Panamá. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 2020-January 9, 2022).Year in Review: 1971. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).
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