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Molas : dress, identity, culture / Diana Marks.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, [2016]Description: 1 online resource (xv, 254 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780826357076
  • 0826357075
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Molas.DDC classification:
  • 305.897/83 23
LOC classification:
  • F1565.2.C8 M36 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
An explanation for the development of the Kuna Indian mola blouse -- Creating molas -- The mola as worn : a visual assessment -- Motivation : the process of mola making -- Motivation : the benefits of mola making -- Motivation : creating and maintaining the Kuna nation -- Appendix A. Mola sewing terms and techniques -- Appendix B. Reviewing one hundred years of mola development.
Summary: This book, based on original research, explores the origin of the mola in the early twentieth century, how it became part of the everyday dress of Kuna women, and its role in creating Kuna identity.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

An explanation for the development of the Kuna Indian mola blouse -- Creating molas -- The mola as worn : a visual assessment -- Motivation : the process of mola making -- Motivation : the benefits of mola making -- Motivation : creating and maintaining the Kuna nation -- Appendix A. Mola sewing terms and techniques -- Appendix B. Reviewing one hundred years of mola development.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 18, 2016).

This book, based on original research, explores the origin of the mola in the early twentieth century, how it became part of the everyday dress of Kuna women, and its role in creating Kuna identity.

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