Mola Designs: 45 Authentic Indian Designs from Panama (Dover Pictorial Archive Series) - Softcover

Buch 15 von 270: Dover Pictorial Archive

Shaffer, Frederick W.

 
9780486242897: Mola Designs: 45 Authentic Indian Designs from Panama (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0486242897 ISBN 13: 9780486242897
Verlag: Dover Publications Inc., 1982

Inhaltsangabe

Mola is the Cuna Indian word for an intricate reverse-appliqué needlework technique unique to this unusual, isolated tribe inhabiting the San Blas islands off the Atlantic coast of Panama. Mola motifs and methods recall the body-painting practiced by the Cuna in past centuries; today Cuna women's blouses display the colorful patchwork designs rendered here in black and white from the original pieces. The 45 folk-style designs signify themes ancient and modern: pre-Christian crosses, mermaids, dancers, animals, birds, butterflies, fish and flowers, abstracts, and repeating mazes. The introduction includes photographs of the Cuna; captions identify the motifs and give Cuna names. Designers and needleworkers will find these royalty-free designs a source of inspiration, and colorists will enjoy adding their own sense of color and tone to the illustrations.

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Verlag
Dover Publications Inc.
Erscheinungsdatum
1982
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0486242897
ISBN 13 
9780486242897
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
48
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