Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Cap Crown, early 20th century

  Cap crown of black cotton embroidered in a brilliantly colored large-scale flower design. The embroidery is worked through and almost identical on the reverse. Ticket attached reads: “Mezzo Kevech embroidery,…

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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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  Cap Crown (Belgium), 18th century

  Cap crown of Point d’Alençon with a design of floral garlands framing a central spray and forming an oval. Pattern is interspersed at right and left by an elaborate ribbon.

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  Cap Crown (France), 1701–50

  Cap crown with a design of large conventionalized leaves, flowers and floral clusters surrounding a central heart-shaped motif.

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  Cap Crown (Belgium), 1700–1750

  Cap crown with a central design of a vase surrounded by elaborate stylized floral and foliated forms.