Harness for Bahamas Junkanoo Revue costume
date: label: Date
content: 2015
name: label: Designed by
content: Wilshire Dames, Bahamian
notes: label: Description
content: The costume harness of a man's costume for the Bahamas Junkanoo Revue, a junkanoo troupe in Miami, Florida.
label: Description
content: The harness has two curved, red felt straps, one that goes over each shoulder. The back of the harness is red with a double border of gold beaded trim. Metal rods and wires, several of which are also covered in gold beaded trim, extend from the back of the harness and attach to the back piece (2015.140.6) and the hip extensions (2015.140.5ab).
label: Description
content: A red belt secures the harness around the waist and sits at the bottom of the costume's shirt (2015.140.8). The belt has a row of clear, teardrop-shaped gemstones along the center and blue beaded trim. An intricate golden circular embellishment sits in the center of the belt with a blue teardrop shaped gemstone on top of it. Long, gold spirals hang from the bottom of the belt. The back of the belt has rainbow-colored stripes and a black buckle.
label: Description
content: Extending from the harness are two long, curved snakes, one on either side. When the harness is worn, the snakes fall near the hips and extend outward. The bodies are red and yellow stripes with a blue beaded trim and the heads are red and blue with a red and yellow striped front. The top of each snake head is yellow with red stripes and blue and gold beads and has a white diamond with a silver glittered and beaded sphere that has yellow, blue, and white with red feathers coming out of it. There are two white fangs on each snake, trimmed in gold beading. The inside of the mouth is white with glitter and is trimmed in blue beading and each snake has a long, forked blue tongue. There are different shapes and sizes of gold beads on the snake heads with two golden metallic spheres at the bottom of each. When worn, the snakes curve over and rest on top of the costume's skirt (2015.140.9).
place: label: Place made
content: Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
label: Cultural Place
content: Bahamas, Caribbean, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Costume design
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Holidays and festivals
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Ornamentation
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2015.140.7
objectType: label: Type
content: ceremonial costume
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: aluminum, cardboard, Styrofoam (TM), wire, tissue paper, sequin, paper, feathers, paint, Glass bead, cement products, felt, masking tape, plastic, thread, synthetic fiber, staples, and glue
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 41 × 53 × 26 in. (104.1 × 134.6 × 66 cm)