Leather & Mola Bags, Wallets, Pursues

LEATHER & MOLA DESIGNS

ET&MT COLOMBIAN ART offers an extensive collection of unique art products.

Beautiful combination of Colombian cow leather and multi-colour fabric applications cut and sewn by hand by Kuna Indians. Each product is a unique art masterpiece representing the wildlife and nature of the region where the tribe lives.

Mola History

In Dulegaya, the Kuna’s native language, “mola” means “shirt” or “clothing”. The mola originated with the tradition of Kuna women painting their bodies with geometrical designs, using available natural colours; in later years these same designs were woven in cotton, and later still, sewn using cloth bought from the European settlers of Panamá.

Molas have their origin in the body painting. Only after the colonization by the Spanish and contact with missionaries the Kuna started to transfer their traditional geometric designs on fabric, first by painting directly on the fabric and later by using the technique of reverse application. It is not known for certain when this technique was first used. It is assumed that the oldest molas are between 150 and 170 years old.

OUR PRODUCTS

The leather goods are made with top quality Mola, fine silks and EKA national chaps.

You may order your bag on the following shiny leather colours: black, red, blue, aged black, violet, fuchsia, yellow, tobacco, orange, green, dark blue, grey.

The wallets are made using shiny leather and also aged leather. The aged leather colours we use are: natural, brown, green, gray, beige, dark blue and black

The shoes and boots are made with 100% Mola with rubber outsole. The shiny leather colours available for shoes and boots are: black, red, blue, tobacco, violet, fuchsia, yellow, orange, dark blue and beige