Woman between two birds mola, hand stitched Guna panel from Panama, 15 by 11.5 inches
Panama mola panel, woman in a zigzag skirt with a hook beaked bird at each side, hand stitched reverse applique
Hand stitched Guna mola from Guna Yala Panama, pale maze border around a black cotton ground
Woman between two birds mola, hand stitched Guna panel from Panama, 15 by 11.5 inches
Panama mola panel, woman in a zigzag skirt with a hook beaked bird at each side, hand stitched reverse applique
Hand stitched Guna mola from Guna Yala Panama, pale maze border around a black cotton ground
Woman between two birds mola, hand stitched Guna panel from Panama, 15 by 11.5 inches
Panama mola panel, woman in a zigzag skirt with a hook beaked bird at each side, hand stitched reverse applique
Hand stitched Guna mola from Guna Yala Panama, pale maze border around a black cotton ground
Woman between two birds mola, hand stitched Guna panel from Panama, 15 by 11.5 inches
Woman between two birds mola, hand stitched Guna panel from Panama, 15 by 11.5 inches
Panama mola panel, woman in a zigzag skirt with a hook beaked bird at each side, hand stitched reverse applique
Hand stitched Guna mola from Guna Yala Panama, pale maze border around a black cotton ground
Woman between two birds mola, hand stitched Guna panel from Panama, 15 by 11.5 inches
Panama mola panel, woman in a zigzag skirt with a hook beaked bird at each side, hand stitched reverse applique
Hand stitched Guna mola from Guna Yala Panama, pale maze border around a black cotton ground
Woman between two birds mola, hand stitched Guna panel from Panama, 15 by 11.5 inches
Panama mola panel, woman in a zigzag skirt with a hook beaked bird at each side, hand stitched reverse applique
Hand stitched Guna mola from Guna Yala Panama, pale maze border around a black cotton ground
Woman between two birds mola, hand stitched Guna panel from Panama, 15 by 11.5 inches

Woman In A Zigzag Skirt Between Two Birds Mola

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A woman stands at the center of this panel with a yellow blossom at her ear, her wide skirt banded in zigzags of lime, pink and blue. A hook beaked bird flanks her on each side, one traced in magenta and one in violet, both with long striped wings. A pale maze border wraps the black ground. It is 15 inches wide and 11.5 inches high.

A mola is a hand stitched panel made by the Guna people of Panama, once known as the Kuna. Several layers of colored cotton are stacked, then cut down through one layer at a time so the colors underneath show through, and every raw edge is turned and stitched closed by hand. The technique is called reverse appliqué. Guna women have been refining it for generations, and the designs draw on the birds, fish, plants and geometric patterns of the islands and rainforest where they live.

TraderBrock has bought directly from Guna, Embera, Wounaan and Ngäbe artisans since 1991, and sales revenue goes back into those communities for education, medical care, tools and land. This panel came from Guna Yala, the San Blas islands off Panama's Caribbean coast. It is ready to frame, mount, or sew into a pillow or a quilt panel, and it can be hand washed. No two molas are ever alike, and small variations in size, stitching and color are normal in handmade textiles.

Width: 15"
Height: 11.5"
SKU: 22040360T

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ABOUT TRADERBROCK

For 35 years, TraderBrock has brought handmade artisan work from Panama, Haiti, and across Central America to collectors around the world. Every piece we carry begins in the hands of an artisan we know personally. Molas stitched in Guna homes, tagua carved by Wounaan hands, masks woven in the Darién, paintings brushed in Port-au-Prince studios. Our inventory runs over 14,000 pieces, curated from direct relationships that go back decades.

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