Blouse with reverse appliqué panels (or mola). Colourful pieces of fabric have been cut into intricate linear designs and delicately sewn onto a backing panel, creating a large fish with dense fins top and bottom and a fluked tail, another similar fish caught in its mouth. These molas make up the front and back torso of the blouse, and are nearly identical. Synthetic light pink fabric scattered with purple and orange flowers has been made into short pleated sleeves and neck with black and yellow decoration on the cuffs. Bottom hem is pleated blue fabric with large pink and yellow flowers.

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• Type of Item blouse
• Culture Kuna
• Material synthetic fibre, cotton fibre
• Measurements height 52.0 cm, width 87.5 cm (overall)

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• Creator Rosidel Mendez
• Previous Owner Herta Puls, Robert Puls
• Received from Robert Puls

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• Made in Kuna Yala

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• Creation Date during 1981
• Ownership Date before July 28, 2016
• Acquisition Date on July 28, 2016

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• Item Classes textiles
• Condition good
• Accession Number 3190/0003