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Art History Virtual Exhibition

20th-century Guna Culture Molas from Panama by: Kylei Giles, Brianna Shatto, and Melissa Payte

January, 2023 by Alyssa L. Cartier

  The colorful textiles featured in this exhibit are known as molas, which are artworks designed and produced by female artists of the Guna culture (also known as the Cuna or Kuna culture) of Panama. A mola is a rectangular panel of cloth that is decorated using a reverse appliqué technique: Two to six layers of different-colored fabric are stacked one on top of the … [Read more...] about 20th-century Guna Culture Molas from Panama by: Kylei Giles, Brianna Shatto, and Melissa Payte

Filed Under: 2020 Fall, ART 487: Art of the Americas Tagged With: 19th century, birds, cat, chickens, Cuna culture, fish, frog, Guna Culture, kuna culture, mola, panama, reverse applique, textile, tourist trade art, turtles

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  • 2014 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
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  • 2016 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas
  • 2016 Spring, ART 386: Art of Africa
  • 2017 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2018 Fall, ART 385: Art of the Americas
  • 2018 Spring, ART 386: Art of Africa
  • 2019 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2020 Fall, ART 487: Art of the Americas
  • 2020 Spring, ART 386: Art of Africa
  • 2021 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2022 Fall, ART/MST 488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2024 Fall, ART/MST488: Basic Conservation of Art and Artifacts
  • 2025 Spring, ART486: Art of Africa
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