Shoes for Bahamas Junkanoo Revue costume
date: label: Date
content: 2015
name: label: Designed by
content: Wilshire Dames, Bahamian
notes: label: Description
content: The sneaker shoes of a man's costume for the Bahamas Junkanoo Revue, a junkanoo troupe in Miami, Florida.
label: Description
content: The shoes are sneakers that have been decorated to match the rest of the costume. The body of each sneaker has been covered in red tissue paper and red felt. The tongues of the shoes have gold metallic, oval-shaped beading around them and a decorative jewel in the center. There are red shoelaces crossed over each tongue. The tops and bodies of each sneaker are trimmed in three rows of gold metallic beading and gold fabric trim along the bottom in a scalloped pattern. There are large circular faux gemstones throughout the sneakers in blue, clear, and gold. The toes of each sneaker have large circular decorations with a gold net-like appearance on the inside and several small light blue jewels throughout. The insides of the sneakers are lined in red felt and the black rubber soles of the sneakers are visible.
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: 2015.140.11ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sneakers
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: leather, rubber, felt, nylon, plastic, metal, tissue paper, sequin, paint, Glass bead, trimming, synthetic fiber, and glue
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (a. left shoe): 7 × 4 × 12 1/2 in. (17.8 × 10.2 × 31.8 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (b. right shoe): 7 × 4 × 12 1/2 in. (17.8 × 10.2 × 31.8 cm)