Lot of 10 Panamanian Textile Molas, ex-Kitt Kapp

Lot 199a

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Warehouse Clear Out - Ancient & Ethnographic by Artemis Gallery

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Warehouse Clear Out - Ancient & Ethnographic

By Artemis Gallery

Dec 20, 2018

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Lot Description

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Central America, Panama, San Blas Islands, Kuna / Cuna, ca. 1950 CE. A vibrant and colorful ensemble of ten textile molas created by the Kuna Native American women artisans from the reputable Kitt Kapp collection. These molas demonstrate exceptional technique, replete with a meticulously cut and stitched designs, all comprised of many layers of fabric in brilliant hues. Six molas are circular in form, and display a wonderful array of abstract sea-dwelling, amphibian, insectile, and mammalian creatures. One large textile portrays three avian figures, two small and one large; another showcases to feline-form figures, enclosed in rectangular boxes, both above two large four-petaled flowers. A third large mola displays six twin-ended reptilian creatures with diamond-shaped tail ends, and the last has a myriad of abstract geometric and linear motifs. A lively and dazzling gathering! Size of largest: 15.75" W x 20.25" H (40 cm x 51.4 cm).

We are honored to present these molas from the important Kit Kapp collection. According to Tom Hannaher in his text from a debut exhibition of Kuna Molas from the Kit Kapp collection, "Between 1963 and 1971, Kitt Kapp and his wife Valerie conducted over 35 expeditions of the San Blas Islands, as well as remote Kuna villages in Colombia and along the Bayano River in the Darien Peninsula of Panama. Kit's book, Mola Art of the San Blas Islands, was one of the first publications to treat molas as an art form." (Molas from the Collection of Kit Kapp," by Tom Hannaher, 2008)

Provenance: ex-Kurquhill's Gallery, El Paso, Texas, USA; ex-private El Paso, Texas, USA collection, acquired early to mid 1970s

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All molas have fraying to peripheries and some thread loosening on the interior, otherwise very good and vibrant.
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