Hip extensions for Bahamas Junkanoo Revue costume
date: label: Date
content: 2015
name: label: Designed by
content: Wilshire Dames, Bahamian
notes: label: Description
content: The hip extensions of a man's costume for the Bahamas Junkanoo Revue, a junkanoo troupe in Miami, Florida.
label: Description
content: The two hip extensions are an abstract curved shape to extend the costume out to the sides of the wearer. The inside edges of each piece are half red and half yellow, trimmed with blue and gold beads and clear and blue beaded decorative patterns. A triangular design in alternating white and blue trimmed with gold beading repeats around the outer edges of the curves. The white triangles have a red and gold decorative bead inside of them. The blue triangles have two small gold beads inside of them and three small red beads in the white border. There are three layers of feathers on the outer edge of each hip extension. The innermost layer is yellow with slightly longer red feathers behind the yellow feathers, and light blue ostrich feathers behind the red feathers. Gold sequins are placed throughout the layers of feathers. The back of each hip extension is red felt with a gold beaded trim. There are two small covered tube-like components under the red felt to attach the hip extensions to other parts of the costume.
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: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Costume
label: Topic
content: Costume design
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Folklife
label: Topic
content: Holidays and festivals
label: Topic
content: Identity
label: Topic
content: Music
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: 2015.140.5ab
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: cardboard, sequin, paper, feathers, paint, Glass bead, plastic, glitter, and glue
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a. left hip extension): 43 × 28 1/2 in. (109.2 × 72.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b. right hip extension): 43 × 28 1/2 in. (109.2 × 72.4 cm)