Bidspirit auction | Guna Mola Panel Six Handbags

Guna Mola Panel Six Handbags - Panama (Guna Yala), circa 1960s 13 x 18 inches Reverse appliqué and appliqué mola panel depicting a repeating grid of six stylized handbags arranged in two rows of three, executed in three layers of red, navy blue, and teal cotton. Each handbag features a concentric arched handle with a sawtooth-edged medallion at center and a triangular lower compartment containing a different stylized spirit figure in varying colorways of black, purple, teal, blue, orange, yellow, and green. No two bags are identical, with each displaying a unique color combination in the filling bars and figure details. Multicolored filling bars in pink, yellow, blue, teal, orange, and white between the forms. Fine hand-stitching throughout with controlled curves on the arched handles. Provenance: From the Parker & Neal Collection.