The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Iguana Mola Panel
c. 1950–70
Overall: 43.8 x 55.3 cm (17 1/4 x 21 3/4 in.)
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. F. Louis Hoover 1971.217
Location: not on view
Description
Guna standards of beauty are inseparable from technique—the best molas are challenging to execute and filled with laborious embellishments that enhance a mola’s splendor and bring prestige to its maker. Each filler, or decorative element, has a specific, doubled-syllable name. Das-das are short, parallel slits; idi-idi and ada-ada refer to lines edged with squared and triangular teeth, respectively; and wawa-naled are tiny triangles createdby adding fabric (so-called pips) or cutting it away (nips).
- 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).Year in Review: 1971. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1971-February 6, 1972).
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