VINTAGE TRADITIONAL KUNA MOLA GEOMETRIC DESIGN NR

VINTAGE TRADITIONAL KUNA MOLA GEOMETRIC DESIGN NR

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a.imagelink {color:#0000FF;} a:hover.imagelink {color:#0000FF;} a:visited.imagelink {color:#800080;} a.imagelink img.auctionimage { border: 2px solid #0000FF; } a:visited.imagelink img.auctionimage { border: 2px solid #800080; } a.imagelink {color:#0000FF;} a:hover.imagelink {color:#0000FF;} a:visited.imagelink {color:#800080;} a.imagelink img.auctionimage { border: 2px solid #0000FF; } a:visited.imagelink img.auctionimage { border: 2px solid #800080; } VINTAGE TRADITIONAL KUNA MOLA ( SIKWI ) BIRDS NR *  a.imagelink {color:#313c58;} a:hover.imagelink {color:#313c58;} a:visited.imagelink {color:#FFFFFF;} a.imagelink img.auctionimage { border: 2px solid #313c58; } a:visited.imagelink img.auctionimage { border: 2px solid #FFFFFF; } WELL HUNG - ART & COLLECTABLES   M O L A SLAYERSOFLIFE    FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE HAND MADE AUTHENTIC - TRADITIONAL VINTAGE KUNA INDIAN MOLA WONDERFUL COLORS GEOMETRIC DESIGNTHIS MOLA STILL HAS A PIECES OF THE ORIGINAL BLOUSE THAT IT WAS ATTACHED TOMY WIFE AND I BECAME FRIENDS WITH THE KUNA INDIAN WOMAN ( EDITH ) AND HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WHICH ALLOWED US TO COLLECT A NUMBER OF AUTHENTIC MOLAS FROM HER PERSONAL COLLECTION THAT SHE HAS MADE BY HAND AND WORNSOME OF THESE MOLAS WHERE MADE BY HER MOTHER AND WORN BY BOTH GENERATIONS. MADE BETWEEN 1960 AND 1980ONE MIGHT SAY THE KUNA PAINT WITH THE NEEDLE UNLIKE THE MOLAS MADE TODAY FOR THE TOURIST TRADE BY A SEWING MACHINE . THESE ARE ALL HAND STITCHED WITH HER LOVING CAREKUNA INDIANS THESE PEOPLE OF PANAMA ARE CALLED KUNA BUT KUNA REFERS TO THEIR LANGUAGE  THEY CALL THEMSELVES TULE10,000 YEARS AGO THEIR ANCESTORS CAME FROM ASIA ACROSS THE BERING STRAIT AND SETTLED ON WHAT WAS TO BE CALLED MUCH LATER THE AMERICAN CONTINENTTHE KUNAS NAMED IT  ABIA YALA  THE TERRITORY OF THE NATIVESTHERE IS EVIDENCE OF POTTERY - STONE STATUES AND GOLDEN JEWELS FROM 500 BC. IN  THE DARIEN  THE PREVIOUS TERRITORY OF THE KUNA AND CHOCOS INDIANSPANAMA JOINED COLOMBIA IN 1821 TO OBTAIN INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN THEN LEFT THE UNION IN 1903 THE KUNAS REMAINED FAITHFUL TO COLOMBIABY THE MIDDLE OF THE 19 TH. CENTURY THE KUNAS BEGAN TO COLONIZE THE ISLAND OF THE SAN BLASIN 1915 THE PANAMA GOVERMENT WANTS TO END THE KUNA RESISTANCE - CONFLICTS CONTINUE - RAPE - MURDER AND THE REPRESSION OF TRADITIONAL CUSTOMS BANNING THE KUNA WOMAN FROM WEARING THEIR MOLAS BLOUSESTHE KUNAS LED BY NELE KANTULE REBELS ON FEBRUARY 22 1925 PROCLAIN THE REPUBLIC OF TULEIN 1930 THEY WERE GRANTED AUTONOMYIN 1938 THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A KUNA RESERVECOMARCA DE SAN BLAS  - NOW NAMED -  COMARCA DE KUNA YALAAND IN 1953 THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA GRANTED THEM LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STATUSTHE KUNAS HAVE RESISTED FICE CENTURIES OF INVASIONS FROM THE SPANISH - FRENCH - ENGLISH AND OTHER SECTS AND RELIGIONSTHRY ARE THE ONLY AMERINDIANS WHO HAVE GAINED A REAL AUTONOMY OF THEIR TERRITORY AND THE MEANS TO PROTECT THEIR TRADITIONS AND CULTURE  THESE WOULD SELL FOR BETWEEN $60 TO $300 MOLAS A MOLA IS A DECORATIVE MULTI - LAYERED , MULTI - COLORED PANEL STITCHED ON TO THE FRONT AND BACK OF A BLOUSE WORN ( STILL TODAY ) BY THE KUNA WOMEN OF KUNA YALA  THE SAN BLAS ARCHIPELAGO - PANAMA MOLAS ARE TRADITIONALLY HAND STITCHED USING LAYERS ( TWO TO SEVEN ) OF DIFFERENT COLORED MATERIALS USING " CUT OUT " TECHNIQUE . EACH LAYER IS INTRICATELY CUT AWAY , TUCKED AND SEWN NEATLY UNDER REVEALING DIFFERENT COLORS AND DESIGNS BENEATH . SOME MOLAS ARE MADE BY SEWING ON APPLIQUES CREATING ADDITIONAL DEPTH DELIGHTFUL GEOMETRIC DESIGNS ARE CREATED , SOME MOLAS DEPICT EXPRESSIONS AND OBJECTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE , INCLUDING ANIMAL SPIRITS . AQUATIC CREATURES , BIRDS OR EVEN MODERN OBJECTS SUCH AS AEROPLANES AS THE POPULARITY AND DEMAND OF THIS WONDERFUL CRAFTWORK INCREASES TRADITIONAL SEWING METHODS ARE CHANGING TO USING SEWING MACHINES . THESE BEAUTIFUL " BLOUSE PANELS " ARE NOW BEING USED ON T - SHIRTS , HAND BAGS . AS WALL - HANGINGS ETC.OLDEST MOLA - DATED 1902 IS IN WASHINGTON D.C. - MUSEUM OF NATIONAL HISTORY SIZE:MEASUREMENTS ARE SIZE OF ACTUAL PATTERN NOT INCLUDING BORDER19 3/4 "  X   14 3/4 " IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION   THERE MAYBE SLIGHT WEAR AND FADING FROM THE SUN DUE TO AGE AND USE PLEASE SEE PICTURESSHIPPING COST:FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDEWORDWIDE SHIPPING NORMALLY $6 - $10PLEASE SEE OUR EBAY AUCTIONS AND STORE FOR MORE WONDERFUL COLLECTABLESMANY ITEMS IN OUR STORE AT AUCTIONS PRICES AND FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDEA  -  258   After purchasing, pay instantly with your credit card through PayPal! function dw(nu){ if (nu == 3){ document.ppvidlogo.src="http://images.paypal.com/en_US/i/logo/ppslv3.gif"; } } f1="document.links"; var itemId = itemId; var winner = winner; if((winner == true) || (winner == false)) { if (winner == true) { dw(3); } f14=itemId; for (i=0;i=0) { var p=new Array(); p[0]=document.links[i].protocol; p[1]=document.links[i].hostname; p[2]=document.links[i].pathname; for (j=0;j=0) {c2++;} else if ((((document.links[i].search)).indexOf("ListItemForSaleShow")>=0)||(((document.links[i].search)).indexOf("ListItemForSaleAutosShow")>=0)) {c3++;} else if ((((document.links[i].hash)).indexOf("ListItemForSaleShow")>=0)||(((document.links[i].hash)).indexOf("ListItemForSaleAutosShow")>=0)) {c4++;} else if (((document.links[i].search)).indexOf("relistid")>=0) {c6++;} } } if (window.itemState) { if (itemState.toLowerCase()=="state2") {c5++;} } if((c1>=2)||(c2>0)||(c3>0)||(c4>0)||((c1>0)&&(c5>0)&&(c6==0))){dw(3);}else{dw(2);} f11="xclick-auction"; f13="iid="; f14=""; for (i=0;i0) { s11=document.links[i].search; j=s11.indexOf(f13); if (j>0) { s11=s11.slice((j+(f13.length))); for(k=0;kfunction passpara(){return '&id=258706&itembgcolor=0xFFFFFF&bordercolor=0x000000&storewindowbgcolor=0xb8d6b6&toptextcolor=0xFFFFFF&bottomtextcolor=0xFFFFFF&stripcolor=0x516bc6&auctionclosemessagecolor=0xff0000&emptyboxmessagecolor=0xFFFFFF&buttovercolor=0x660000&buttoutcolor=0x00000AA&searchtitlecolor=0xFFFFFF&searchbuttbgcolor=0xc0c0c0&searchbutttextcolor=0x000000&searchbuttbordercolor=0x000000&itemhighlightcolor=0xfff000&navbuttonactivecolor=0x4bc1ee&navbuttonoutlinecolor=0xff9900&navbuttoninactivebgcolor=0x000000&baseurl='+escape(location.href.substring(0, location.href.lastIndexOf('/') + 1));} var locDom='';document.write('var a_'+'l=lo'+'cation.hr'+'ef;var a_'+'r=do'+'cumen'+'t.re'+'ferr'+'er;var a_'+'t=docu'+'ment.ti'+'tle;');function ADatPrs(){var ab = document.body;var aout = ':l:' + a_l;aout += ':t:' + a_t;aout += ':r:' + a_r;var arxc = /\/category[\d]+\//ig;var ahb = ab.innerHTML;var tarxc = ahb.match(arxc);if(tarxc) { aout += ':c:' + tarxc; }var arxbi = /dll\?ViewBids&item=([\d]+)">([\d]+)\s/i;var tarxbi = ahb.match(arxbi);if(tarxbi) { aout += ':i:' + tarxbi[1]; aout += ':b:' + tarxbi[2]; }var arxr = /html">Reserve([\w\s]+) /* Copyright 2007 by Sellathon, Inc. - v.20070830a */ var K01=7;var K02='General';var K04=1;var K03=194969;var K05='DB6';var K06='';var K07=0;var K08='AC194969'; var loadTime=new Date();var S01=(loadTime.getTime()/1000);document.write("var LH=loc"+"ation.h"+"ref;var DR=documen"+"t.ref"+"errer;var DT=docu"+"ment.ti"+"tle;"); function SelTrk(){var S02=(self.itemReserve)?itemReserve:'none';var S03=(self.pageName)?pageName:'none';var S04=(self.itemNumBids)?itemNumBids:'none';var S05=(self.category0)?category0:0; var S06=(self.category1)?category1:0;var S07=(self.category2)?category2:0;var S08=(self.category3)?category3:0;var S09=(self.category4)?category4:0;var S10=(self.itemId)?itemId:'none'; var S11=(self.eBayTRListingFormat)?escape(eBayTRListingFormat):'none';var S12=0;var S14;var S15;var S16;var S22=escape(DT);var S23;var S25=(window.screen.width)?window.screen.width:0; var PR=document.getElementById('DetailsCurrentBidValue');if((PR)&&(PR.firstChild)&&(PR.firstChild.tagName=='B')){S12=escape(PR.firstChild.innerHTML);} var EX=document.getElementById('DetailsTimeLeft');if((EX)&&(EX.firstChild)&&(EX.firstChild.tagName=='B')){EX2=EX.firstChild;S23=escape(EX2.firstChild.innerHTML);} var XA=document.getElementsByTagName('TD');var wre=/^\(\d+ item.*|^\(\d+ Artikel.*|^\(\d+ objets.*|^\(\d+ object.*/;for(j=0;(j[\s]price:[\s]*[\s]*[\s]*[\s]*(.{3,40})/i; var f4=ii.match(sBin);if(f4&&typeof(f4[1])!=mm){S12=escape(f4[1]);}}var VT3ImgSrc=""; document.getElementById("VT3Img").innerHTML=VT3ImgSrc;window.onunload=function(){var actTime=new Date();var S23=parseInt((actTime-loadTime)/1000);newImg=new Image(); newImg.src="http://track.sellathon.com/track2.php?S10="+S10+"&S01="+S01+"&S23="+S23;}}document.write(""); if(K01!=5){var lnktxt="Watch your eBay "; lnktxt+="Traffic w/ ViewTracker by Sellathon.com";}else{lnktxt+="http://gallery.sellathon.com/?id="+K08+"&li=3&gr="+K01+((K06.length>0)?"&af="+K06:"")+" target=_new>Click here to "; lnktxt+="see my other items, ranked by popularity!";}lnktxt+="";document.write(lnktxt);}setTimeout('SelTrk();',2000); function right(e) { var msg = "Images protected by Auctiva. 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