Culture/People:

Guna [Guna Yala]  Search this

Possible collector:

William W. Andrew (William Walter Andrew), Non-Indian, 1878-1943  Search this

Anna Coope, Non-Indian, 1864-1932  Search this

Previous owner:

William W. Andrew (William Walter Andrew), Non-Indian, 1878-1943  Search this

Seller:

William W. Andrew (William Walter Andrew), Non-Indian, 1878-1943  Search this

Object Name:

Woman's blouse part/Mola panel

Media/Materials:

Cotton cloth

Techniques:

Reverse Appliquéd

Dimensions:

49 x 71 cm

Object Type:

Clothing/Garments

Place:

Isla Narganá (Yandup); Narganá Municipality; Guna Yala Indigenous Territory (San Blas); Panama

Archipelago:

Archipiélago de San Blas (San Blas Islands)

Island Name:

Isla Narganá (Yandup)

Collection History:

Collected by William W. Andrew (1878-1943, superintendent of schools for the Panama Canal Zone from 1922 to 1926) or Anna Coope (1864-1932, a Protestant missionary and schoolteacher among the Kuna from 1913 to 1925); formerly in the collection of William W. Andrew; purchased by MAI from William W. Andrew in 1938.

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Catalog Number:

19/8426

Barcode:

198426.000

See related items:

Guna [Guna Yala]

Clothing/Garments

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws66ce02c20-42f1-496c-a9ed-17db456c5a2e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_211938