{"product_id":"vintage-four-leaf-panels-panama-mola","title":"Vintage Four Leaf Panels Panama Mola","description":"\u003cp\u003eVintage Four Leaf Panels Mola is a hand sewn textile by a Guna (Kuna) artisan in Panama. Four boxes on a black ground each hold a long leaf with stitched veins, edged in yellow, green, blue and orange, with a pink and red zigzag print between them. The boxes join at the center like windows, and the zigzag print hums in the channels around them. It is 15 inches wide and 10 inches high in all. Your kitchen or sunroom would wear it well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom Jan at MolaMagic: Printed cloth behind the four leaves makes this mola, and it tells me the piece is vintage.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMolas are built by stacking several layers of colored cotton, then cutting down through one layer at a time so the colors underneath show through, and turning every raw edge under and stitching it closed by hand. The technique is called reverse appliqué, and a good panel is judged by how fine the stitches are and how many layers deep the cutting goes. This one came from Guna Yala, the San Blas islands off Panama's Caribbean coast, where the designs draw on the birds, fish, plants and geometric patterns of the islands and rainforest. It is ready to frame, mount, or sew into a pillow or a quilt panel, and no two are ever alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMolaMagic was founded by Janet Marie Brockman with a simple but powerful mission: to help indigenous women of color in Panama share their art with the world. For over twenty years, all profits have gone right back into the artisan community, supporting education, medical care, land, tools, and daily needs. Buying a MolaMagic mola means you are part of that story too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 15\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 10\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU:\u003c\/strong\u003e PM0498T\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MolaMagic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52989732847847,"sku":"ulj1793820234911","price":14.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0794\/3500\/6183\/files\/vintage-four-leaf-panels-panama-mola_1.jpg?v=1793820251","url":"https:\/\/tg04ph-vn.myshopify.com\/products\/vintage-four-leaf-panels-panama-mola","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}