The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 13, 2024

Labyrinth Mola Panel

Labyrinth Mola Panel

before 1960
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

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.
  • 1960-2021
    Marjorie Tomchuk, New Canaan, CT, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2021-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2021.153