Mola Designs: 45 Authentic Indian Designs from Panama

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Author: Frederick W. Shaffer

ISBN-10: 0486242897

ISBN-13: 9780486242897

Category: Art of the Americas

Mola is the Cuna Indian word for an intricate reverse-appliqué needlework technique unique to this unusual, isolated tribe inhabiting the San Blas islands off the Atlantic coast of Panama. These 45 folk-style designs signify themes ancient and modern: pre-Christian crosses, animals, birds, abstracts, and more. Captions identify the motifs and give Cuna names.\ \ \ Black-and-white designs based on reverse appliquâe mola patterns worked by Cuna Indian women in Panama.\

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45 folk designs from original clothing by Cuna Indians of Panama: crosses, demons, flowers, animals, more.