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Mola Panel

Unknown artist, mid-1900s

46 cm × 41 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 4 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 41 cm
Width: 46 cm
Medium: cotton: appliqué, reverse appliqué
Kind: Textile
Made in: Republic of Panamá, Gunayala Comarca, Guna people
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Overall: 40.6 x 45.7 cm (16 x 18 in.)
Credit: The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 46 cm × 41 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made mid-1900s. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund.
How was it made?: Cotton: appliqué, reverse appliqué, made in Republic of Panamá, Gunayala Comarca, Guna people, Republic of Panamá, Gunayala Comarca, Guna people.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.