Mola Styled Toucan Designs on Green Double-Sided Rectangular Keychain ~ Colombia

Description

Striking Mola Styled Toucan Designs
on Green Double-Sided Rectangular Keychain ~ Colombia
Designed to withstand daily wear and tear, this keychain displays Colombian Birds in vibrant clarity and brilliant colors. Attach to your keys or attach to the keys of friends and family for a great gift. Fob dimensions: 1 3/4" x 3".
Decal on lightweight wood covered by 2 coats of spar varnish;
UV resistant and waterproof.
Both sides of the
keychain
present a horizontal mola design featuring a bird, both probably toucans.
The horizontal version is definitely a toucan: an orange bird with red feet, bill, and tail, as well as two flapping black wings. It is displayed against a mola style background of yellow, red, blue, orange lines and black leaves. Parts of the bird & leaf design have detailing of thin and dotted lines. Also the word Colombia in light green is opposite the side where the chain is attached.
On the flip side is a vertical picture of a yellow toucan with a smaller yellow and green beak, an orange tail and wing, and white feet, again with thin or dotted line detailing. It seems to be looking up at a tuft of orange feathers on the top of its head. Variations of traditional mola design behind the toucan are dark green leaves and multi-leaved flowers of yellow, blue, pink, and orange. Also the word Colombia in orange is opposite the side where the chain is attached.
The silver colored key ring is on a 1 3/4” chain on the narrow side of the acryllic piece.
A tag from
El Market
in Colombia is attached. The Market Colombia is a large store at Grand Central Station Comerciial and at the airport, featuring traditional and original articles of Colombian artisans.
Mola
, which originally meant bird plumage, is the Kuna Indian word for clothing, specifically blouse, but the word mola has come to mean the elaborate embroidered panels that make up the front and back of a Kuna woman's traditional blouse. The Kuna (or Guna) Indians are the indigenous people who live on small coral islands in the San Blas Archipelago along the Atlantic coast of Panama and Colombia. They were driven westward in the 16th century from their original home in Colombia by invading Spanish colonizers. Molas are collected as folk art.
Reverse appliqué has been used to make a mola since Victorian times.
A mola maker places two or three pieces of different colored cloth on top of each other and bastes them together. Then she cuts into the top layer, cutting out her design (she may have drawn her design first in pencil, but often she just follows the idea in her head.) Only the bottom layer remains intact to be the background color and support the stitching of the other pieces.
She hems all the cut edges with very fine stitches, making sure that her thread exactly matches the color of the cloth. The color of each lower level creates the outline of the design.
Painters and other artists pay homage to cloth mola in another media, such as these keychains.
The principal design should be immediately recognizable.
It should not be confused by additional added elements or colors.
When studied from three to six feet away, the same way one appreciates a painting, the mola should be harmonious in color with a balanced design.
The entire panel should be filled.
Traditional designs are geometric patterns, subjects inspired by nature, animals, fish, flowers, and daily life.
Your purchase comes in a gift box with a “scroll” containing mola information.
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