Mola panel

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Date created: circa 1973

Culture/People: Guna [Guna Yala]
Donor: Reverend Claudio B. Iglesias (Claudio Briceno Iglesias), Guna (Kuna), 1923-2008; Margaret G. Iglesias (Margaret Geiger Iglesias/Mrs. Claudio B. Iglesias), Non-Indian, 1923-2012
Previous owner: Reverend Claudio B. Iglesias (Claudio Briceno Iglesias), Guna (Kuna), 1923-2008; Margaret G. Iglesias (Margaret Geiger Iglesias/Mrs. Claudio B. Iglesias), Non-Indian, 1923-2012
Collector: Reverend Claudio B. Iglesias (Claudio Briceno Iglesias), Guna (Kuna), 1923-2008; Margaret G. Iglesias (Margaret Geiger Iglesias/Mrs. Claudio B. Iglesias), Non-Indian, 1923-2012

Collection History: Collected by Reverend Claudio B. Iglesias (Guna, 1923-2008) and his wife Margaret Geiger Iglesias (1923-2012) when they lived among the Guna and worked as missionaries in the 1970s; donated to NMAI by Reverend Claudio B. Iglesias and Margaret G. Iglesias in 1997.
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Place: Guna Yala Indigenous Territory (San Blas); Panama

See related items: Guna [Guna Yala]; Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/4582
Barcode: 254582.000

Object Type: Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Object Name: Mola panel
Media/Materials: Cotton cloth
Techniques: Sewn
Dimensions: 67.2 x 42.5 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6117d709d-27d0-43f8-9267-57b8ef60fc15

Record ID: NMAI_270539