Bidspirit auction | Guna Mola Blouse Two Sea

Guna Mola Blouse Two Sea Skates - Panama (Guna Yala), circa 1970s 15.5 x 17 inches A traditional Guna woman's blouse with two mola panels (front and back), worked in 3 layers of hand reverse applique, applique, and hand embroidery with rickrack trim. The blouse has a solid gold cotton yoke and puffed sleeves, a green and red neck binding with a metal zipper closure, and a white hem band. The front panel has two large sea skates, shown from above, side by side, with their broad bodies divided into outlined segments and long tails extending downward, and a small animal placed between them. The back panel composition repeats with two sea skates and a small animal between them, reworked in a different color arrangement. The bodies are edged with rows of embroidered and slit detail suggesting fins, and the ground is filled with dense multicolored bands.