Molas: Displaying the quotidian before Andy Warhol

Abstract

Keywords mola blouses Kuna Indian dress Pop Art Andy Warhol iconography appropriation diana MarKs Independent scholar Molas: displaying the quotidian before andy warhol abstract Mola blouses have become identified with both the Kuna Indians and the nation of Panama. The iconography on mola blouses has included images from North American and Latin American popular culture since the early twentieth century. This article explores the selection and display of images of consumer and popular culture by Kuna women with the later depiction of similar quotidian images in the early work of Andy Warhol.

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