The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 20, 2024
Matilda Mola
after 1978
Overall: 64.2 x 89.5 cm (25 1/4 x 35 1/4 in.)
Gift of Jeanne Marie Stumpf, Ph.D. 2010.799
Location: not on view
Description
This mola reinterprets the film poster for Matilda, a 1978 movie about a boxing kangaroo. All the key elements are present, from the star marsupial to her four supporting actors and even the laces on one of her gloves. On the reverse, Siabibi may refer to a local tour company run by outsiders. The relationship between the front and back panels remains a mystery.- Jeane Marie Stumpf
- De Arthur, Andrea Vazquez. “Fashioning Identity: Native tradition meets artistic innovation in the mola textiles of Guna women.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 60, no. 4 (Fall 2020): 10-11. Reproduced: P. 11; Mentioned: P. 10-11.
- Fashioning Identity: Mola Textiles of Panamá. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 2020-January 9, 2022).
- {{cite web|title=Matilda Mola|url=false|author=|year=after 1978|access-date=20 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}
Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2010.799