RECYCLED
THE ART
SHOES
OF
b
By Christpher Earle
the
Indigenous
Kuna p
to Columbia and Panama,
in
eople live in a matrilineal society K
mo
which a bridegroom must move in to his m
u
an
n
Wh
a
at
y c
w
as
o
do
m
e
e
the
n h
ha
av
n
e
d
t
m
o
ade
do
mo
wit
l
h
as
sh
made
oes?
by
In
father-in-law.
ther-in-law’
W
s h
omen
ouse and must work for his blouse
practice the art of mak
in the Kuna culture Bogota,
or dr
s, when a mola is removed from a
Co
ess,
lumbia
it is given to a shoe maker in
textile art which uses
ing molas, a colorful exquisit
who re-uses these
appliqué and reverse
the techniques of both a
intricately made panels ar
appli
e used
qué.
to
These made
pair
e
and
of
pieces
excep
of
tio
hand
nally
made art to make
the
shoes. Those
long wearing
Kuna
every day blouses and dresses wor
make
n by tur
phase
women.
of her life,
When a woman enters a new Net
n
wo
, so
rk,
ld by
shoes are, in
a pa
The
rtner
Awa
ship
re
mola
fr
and removes
she
the
makes
previous
a new
one
reflecting
om her
th
clothing.
e
In addition to
molas
person’s
are
maker’s artistic vision,
stage
representative
in life a
of a
r
Earth.
elationship to and love for
n
Mot
d
he
her
r
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