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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…

  • Rank Badge (Korea), 1900–1957

    Rectangle of dark green damask heavily embroidered in bright polychrome silks in design of two spotted dogs amid stylized cloud forms. The dogs’ eyes are of couched gold (wound on…

  • Rank Badge (China), 19th century

    Rank badge of a sixth-rank civil official. A white egret in the center is surrounded by swirling clouds, waves, a small pagoda under a tree, and auspicious symbols.

  • Rank Badge (China)

    Qing dynasty Mandarin rank badge with crane, waves, plant forms, and clouds. Mainly in dark blue and gold.

  • Necklace (Panama), 500–800

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

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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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