{"product_id":"bird-heads-turning-at-the-same-second-panama-mola","title":"Bird Heads Turning At The Same Second Panama Mola","description":"\u003cp\u003eBird Heads Turning At The Same Second Mola is a hand sewn textile by a Guna (Kuna) artisan in Panama. Two bird heads face each other with spiral eyes and short beaks nearly touching, a green and black arrow standing between them. Your eye keeps jumping between them, waiting to see which one blinks. It is 16 inches wide and 9 inches high, a long, low shape that suits a shelf top, a hallway or the space over a headboard. The lower edge is left raw where it came off the blouse, a small honest sign that you are holding a panel somebody once wore.\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\u003eFounded in 1991, TraderBrock celebrates the handcraft of Latin America's indigenous peoples. Every piece comes from Guna, Wounaan and Emberá artisans we know by name, and all profits are reinvested in their communities for education, tools and the teaching of ancestral techniques. Buying from TraderBrock helps keep their culture and their traditions alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 16\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU:\u003c\/strong\u003e PM3670T\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TraderBrock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68215148478743,"sku":"tgp1793830798016","price":17.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1011\/0687\/6695\/files\/bird-heads-turning-at-the-same-second-panama-mola_1.jpg?v=1793830811","url":"https:\/\/owenbrakepad.shop\/products\/bird-heads-turning-at-the-same-second-panama-mola","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}