HANCOCK -- Peter Hoheisel will give a presentation about the Cuna Indian culture and their traditional women’s garment, the "mola," at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, at the Finlandia University Jutila Center campus.
The talk will take place in the Community Training Room of the Jutila Center, located at 200 Michigan Street, Hancock.
The Cuna Indians currently live on the San Blas Islands, which are on the Caribbean side of the Isthmus of Panama. Originally part of a blouse, molas are part of the traditional dress of the Cuna women. A mola is made using a reverse appliqué technique and each one is unique as it is created by the woman who wears it.
Hoheisel has collected hundreds of genuine molas, and he will display some of them at his presentation. Molas will also be available for sale.
Hoheisel is chair of the religion and philosophy department at Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas. He lived in the Upper Peninsula from 1979 to 1989.
For information, contact Denise Vandeville at 487-7379.
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