The Kuna (Cuna) Indians live around the penninsula joining Colombia and Panama, as well as on the San Blas Islands, and are famous for their beautiful reverse applique cloth panels known as molas. Traditionally, Kuna women designed geometric forms or animal images into their molas, and then sew them on to their blouses. When the blouse wears out, they remove the mola and trade it for something else. Molas are so beautiful and sought after that now they are mass produced by machine in Panama City and elsewhere. Ours, however, are authentic pieces; hand-stitched by Kuna women and sometimes worn. They are pieces of art suitable for framing, or making into throw pillows or a beadspread. Or do like the Kunas and sew one onto a shirt.
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