Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Ashtray

  Square plate of clear glass with imbedded bubbles; Brown and yellow trim around edge and in center; Central farmer figure

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  Ashtray (Sweden), 1942

  Nearly vertical sides, flattened to form oval. White body, treated with metal oxides: cloudy greenish gray outside, streaky yellow and brown converging into pale blue area at the bottom inside.…

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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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  Ambassador Ashtray, 1926

  Rectangular form with up-curved sides; thin clear glass.

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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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  Ashtray (USA), ca. 1900

  Iridescent gold. Low, curved walls with undulating rim and curved rib on each of the ten undulations. Broad, low foot.