Bidspirit auction | Guna Mola Panel Lizards

Guna Mola Panel Lizards - Panama (Guna Yala), circa 1970s 14.5 x 18 inches A single mola panel, worked in 3 layers of hand reverse applique, applique, and hand embroidery. Two large figures with long, toothy jaws stand upright on bent legs facing each other, their arms outstretched with hands meeting at the center and a small turtle-like form above each head. Small lizards climb on either side, a four-legged animal densely worked in embroidered feather stitch crosses the top of the panel, and the ground is filled with multicolored slits.