Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Blouse, early 20th century

  Blouse or over-jacket with snap closure, scoop neck, and three-quarter length sleeves. Connected eight-pointed stars made of off-white linen needle knotting.

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  Mola (Panama)

  Oblong panel of brilliant colored cottons, arranged in form of cut-out and applied techniques to show what appear to be highly stylized bird forms. Outlines of design are cut. Colors…

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  Ornament (Panama), possibly 5th century

  Pre-Columbian pendant.

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  Necklace (Panama), 500–800

  Small gold beads, cast, in different shapes and sizes.

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  Blouse (Panama), 20th century

  On a backing of black cotton, cut-out cottons with red predominating, outline large chunky bird with tree, and scattered angular shapes. This forms body of blouse and is sewn on…

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  Blouse (mola) (Panama), 20th century

  Woman’s blouse with cut-out cottons in many colors, with red predominating, stitched in reverse-appliqué technique to make a design of long-beaked birds within a labyrinth of abstract shapes. This forms…

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  Mola (Panama), 20th century

  Crude cut-out shapes in red, buff, blue, orange, etc. applied to black backing which shows through to form outlines. Coarse cotton.

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  Blouse, 19th–20th century

  Short, full blouse of fine cream linen gathered to a stand-up neckband. Long, full sleeves are gathered at the wrist with a ruffle. Embroidery in red silk cross-stitch and gold…

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  Mola (Panama), 20th century

  Woman’s blouse with short sleeves. The top part is made of a figured white cotton and trimmed with bands of small-patterned printed cotton. Deep border of appliqué in red and…

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  Textile, Flame, 1964–66

  Printed in dark blue and orange assimilating the original white color of silk material within the pattern. Pattern shows large, bold abstract shapes. Length made up of three full pattern…