- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Mola, red on black with different coloured patches between. Design of a dragon, labelled in applique lettering EL DRACON. [El.B 25/10/2011]
- Geographical reference
- San Blas Islands
- Cultural groups
- Guna
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1990
- Date collected
- By 1990
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 03/1990
- Materials and processes
- Material Cotton Textile Plant, Process Appliqué, Process Stitched, Process Embroidered, Process Woven, Process Repaired (local)
- Dimensions
- Length 420 mm, Width 570 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1990.18.17
Search terms: Clothing, Figure, Blouse, Animal Figure
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