Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  wooden chair with needlepoint upholstery Armchair, 1690–95

  Tall back with straight molded enframement sides and bottom, shaped at top. Crest of pierced volutes and scrolls. Slender arms, scrolled and raked at the knuckles, on turned supports. Flat…

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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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  Reading chair Armchair, ca. 1720–30

  Form with square tapering seat and tall narrow back upholstered in dark brown nailed leather; back with horizontal U-curved arms at top fitted with hinged, adjustable wooden book rest on…

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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…