Jonah (Yunas) and the Whale (Giant Fish), Antique Mughal Manuscript Gouache Painting carved pliers 13 3/4 x 9 5/8

13 3/4 x 9 5/8 w x 7” d

a fish for Finland

about 150-170 years ago Kuna women of Panama began making Molas using the reverse appliqué technique

They are strung

or so I presume

Jonah (Yunas) and the Whale (Giant Fish), Antique Mughal Manuscript Gouache Painting carved pliers 13 3/4 x 9 5/8A wonderful small, antique Islamic manuscript page with gouache illustration of man held in the mouth of a giant fish, I believe representing the story of Jonah (Yunus) and the Whale (or giant fish) which is mentioned in the Qur'an and frequently illustrated in manuscripts. From what I understand, as it appears in the Qur'an, Yunas has fled the city of Nineveh on a ship after failing to convince its people to accept Allah. He boards a ship, and is