Kuna Mola 1960s - Kit Kapp Collection - Very Unique Artwork

Description

This mola has a very cool design, the middle portion resembles a tree branch. But the other designs in the two lower corners are quite unique. This design has great flow to it, the maker was obviously a very talented artist. This mola still has the original tag the Kit Kapp put on it, the tag states that the mola is from "Ubicantupu Miria" and is an "Akwa Sipa" mola. The tag is dated Dec 23 1970, this mola would have been made in the 1960s and is 18w x 15w
The Kit Kapp Collection.
Kit Kapp was a cartographer who was hired to map the San Blas Islands in 1960. He quickly fell in love with the Kuna people and their art, and organized numerous lengthy expeditions to the islands over an 11 year period where he purchased thousands of molas and hundreds of Kuna nuchu carvings, as well as jewelry, basketry and other artifacts. In 1972 he published the seminal book
Mola Art of the San Blas Islands,
which is still one of the best reference books on the subject. Kit died in 2014. Between 1999 and 2016 we purchased the entire remainder of the Kapp Kuna collection.