{"id":2790,"date":"2014-04-03T16:56:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T20:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/?p=2790"},"modified":"2024-07-23T15:03:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T19:03:11","slug":"kuna-mola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/2014\/04\/kuna-mola\/","title":{"rendered":"Guna Mola"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/417\/2014\/04\/Kuna-Mola-web.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2791\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu\/sites\/417\/2014\/04\/Kuna-Mola-web.png\" alt=\"Kuna Mola web\" width=\"372\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This colorful textile made by the Guna people of the San Blas Islands in Panama is known as a <i>mola<\/i>.\u00a0 <i>Molas<\/i> form part of a Guna woman\u2019s traditional clothing with the brightly colored panels applied to the front and back of a blouse.\u00a0 <i>Molas<\/i> are made of several layers of different colored cloth, which are cut away to form the intricate design, in this case a sea turtle. \u00a0The layers are then sewn together with nearly invisible stitches.\u00a0 These textiles are the best-known representation of Kuna culture to outsiders, and to the Guna people are a symbol of ethnic pride.<\/p>\n<p>Another Guna object that has been featured for Artifact of the Month is a <a href=\"https:\/\/lammuseum.wfu.edu\/2020\/03\/kuna-healing-doll\/\">healing doll<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This colorful textile made by the Kuna people of the San Blas Islands in Panama is known as a mola.  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