Woman's blouse

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Culture/People: Guna [Guna Yala]
Possible owner: F. Louis Hoover (Francis Louis Hoover), Non-Indian, 1913-2004
Previous owner: Center for Inter-American Relations Art Gallery, 1965-1985; Helen Pep Grodka (Helen Groz Pep/A Tehom Win/Mrs. Frederick B. Grodka), Non-Indian, 1898-1982
Donor: Sonia Grodka Blumenthal (Sonia Dorothy Grodka), Non-Indian; Harry W. Blumenthal, Non-Indian, 1924-2013

Collection History: Possibly collected by Francis Louis Hoover (1913-2004, an educator who researched and collected Guna molas); part of an exhibit of Hoover's collection at the Center for Inter-American Relations Art Gallery (New York City) in 1968; acquired from the Center for Inter-American Relations Art Gallery by Helen Pep Grodka (1898-1982, an artist and Native American art enthusiast) in 1969; donated to MAI in 1982 by Helen Pep Grodka's daughter and son-in-law, Sonia Grodka Blumenthal and Harry W. Blumenthal (1924-2013).
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Place: Guna Yala Indigenous Territory (San Blas); Panama
Archipelago: Archipiélago de San Blas (San Blas Islands)

See related items: Guna [Guna Yala]; Clothing/Garments

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 25/1596
Barcode: 251596.000

Object Type: Clothing/Garments

Object Name: Woman's blouse
Media/Materials: Cotton cloth
Techniques: Reverse Appliquéd
Dimensions: 57 x 70 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6250d39ec-29a4-486c-9900-ae131004f014

Record ID: NMAI_267102