South and Central American Collection – HEIRLOOM

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Rainbow Saltillo Sarape - 6'3 x 7'

Rainbow Saltillo Sarape - 6'3 x 7'

Panamanian handquilted applique Kuna Mola cloth featuring vibrant tones of burgundy, orange atop soft green with pinks, yellow and white. The pattern is very graphic features interslocking latchhooked motifs in maze like formation. The first layer used was a printed cloth with paisley and flowers which provides the base of subsequent layers and which adds a dizzying quality to the latch hooked figures.

Guna Mola Cloth - 1' x 1'5

Panamanian applique quilted Kuna Mola cloth featuring vibrant tones of burgundy, green, orange, and white. A graphic medallion features intersecting latchhooked motifs. The highly contrasting colors add interest and excitement to the piece.

Guna Mola Cloth - 1'1 x 1'4

This Vintage Peruvian Kilim features a grid of diagonally repeating squares full of various abstracted shapes and symbols. It is woven in two panels which are sewn together and utilize tones of soft cochineal purples, undyed browns, and greens with pops of yellow. The colors and style suggest it was woven by the talented weavers in the Ayacucho region. Very soft and lightweight, can double as a multifunctional textile or wall tapestry.

Vintage Peruvian Kilim - 3'10 x 5'3

Vintage Mexican Tapestry - 2'5 x 4'8

This Vintage Peruvian Kilim features three concentric diamonds with a

Vintage Peruvian Kilim - 1'8 x 4'6

peruvian tapestry featuring a depiction of Andean life with three women walking in front of a snow-capped mountain. One woman has a small child strapped to her. They are all wearing traditional dress including distinctive hats.

Vintage Peruvian - 4’5 x 5’6

Vintage Mola cloth handmade by the Guna (previously spelled Kuna) people of Panama. Mola is a reverse appliqué technique, similar to the technique used in quilting but using multiple layers of different-colored cloth that are first sewn together before a design is creating by cutting away different layers. It features a Bull which is the symbol of The National Patriotic Coalition which is a right wing nationalist party. The text can be translated to

Political Guna Mola Cloth - 1'3 x 1'5

Vintage Mola cloth handmade by the Guna (previously spelled Kuna) people of Panama. Mola is a reverse appliqué technique, similar to the technique used in quilting but using multiple layers of different-colored cloth that are first sewn together before a design is creating by cutting away different layers. This Mola features a wonderfully abstracted bird carrying a fish against. Great use of red, yellow, green, pink, turquoise, blue and black against a vibrant orange backdrop.

Bird with Fish Guna Mola Cloth - 1'3 x 1'5

Vintage Mola cloth handmade by the Guna (previously spelled Kuna) people of Panama. Mola is a reverse appliqué technique, similar to the technique used in quilting but using multiple layers of different-colored cloth that are first sewn together before a design is creating by cutting away different layers.

Animal Head Guna Mola Cloth - 1'1 x 1'4

Vintage Mola cloth handmade by the Guna (previously spelled Kuna) people of Panama. Mola is a reverse appliqué technique, similar to the technique used in quilting but using multiple layers of different-colored cloth that are first sewn together before a design is creating by cutting away different layers. This Mola features two sets of confronting birds amongst a scrolling maze-like backdrop.

Maroon Bird Guna Mola Cloth - 1'1 x 1'5