Culture/People:

Guna [Guna Yala]  Search this

Donor:

Reverend Claudio B. Iglesias (Claudio Briceno Iglesias), Guna (Kuna), 1923-2008  Search this

Margaret G. Iglesias (Margaret Geiger Iglesias/Mrs. Claudio B. Iglesias), Non-Indian, 1923-2012  Search this

Previous owner:

Reverend Claudio B. Iglesias (Claudio Briceno Iglesias), Guna (Kuna), 1923-2008  Search this

Margaret G. Iglesias (Margaret Geiger Iglesias/Mrs. Claudio B. Iglesias), Non-Indian, 1923-2012  Search this

Collector:

Reverend Claudio B. Iglesias (Claudio Briceno Iglesias), Guna (Kuna), 1923-2008  Search this

Margaret G. Iglesias (Margaret Geiger Iglesias/Mrs. Claudio B. Iglesias), Non-Indian, 1923-2012  Search this

Object Name:

Mola panel

Media/Materials:

Cotton cloth

Techniques:

Sewn

Dimensions:

45.7 x 35.8 cm

Object Type:

Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Place:

Guna Yala Indigenous Territory (San Blas); Panama

Date created:

circa 1960

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 1950s and 1960s; donated to NMAI by Reverend Claudio B. Iglesias and Margaret G. Iglesias in 1997.

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Catalog Number:

25/4584

Barcode:

254584.000

See related items:

Guna [Guna Yala]

Made-for-Sale items and Souvenirs

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6150e5bd3-3b79-4094-b2ad-321fefecbf87

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_270541