Mola Designs

Mola designs have been created since the beginning of the 20th century. They are an important cultural expression of the indigenous women in Kuna Yala. What I notice about this picture is that there is a rooster place in the middle of the page and it is standing on a plant and flowers. I also notice that it is a shirt with patterns and a sunset colour pallet. I can also see people at the top with their hands in the air. Some other shapes and patterns in this molar design are little rectangles surrounding the roster in the background, it is very repetitive.
On this piece of clothing, the processes that the Kuna artists went through must have been very difficult. They used a process called applique sewing in negative form which is when there are many layers of cloth a d you have to cut through to the colour that you want. These designs can take a couple of weeks to about 6 months which shows you how time consuming and difficult it would be to make one. This specific design looks as though it was very hard to make because there are very particular shapes and hard shapes to cut around on it.
The Kuna Yala women traditionally painted their own bodies in many patterns and shapes with paint, although that was until the Europeans said that they had no choice but to wear clothing. The Kuna women chose to not lose their whole culture and incorporate it into their clothing. I think that wearing this clothing, the Kuna women thought it very important and cultural. This specific Mola tells us that the Kuna woman lived in isolated farms and villages because it shows us about her lifestyle in the design. It also shows us that these women grow their own food, have their own gardens and also have their own livestock to provide and produce products for them. This tells us about the impact of the European culture because it shows that they changed the Kuna’s culture accordingly to fit their own even though that the Kuna’s were there first. It also tells us that the Kuna’s were