Headpiece for Bahamas Junkanoo Revue costume
date: label: Date
content: 2015
name: label: Designed by
content: Wilshire Dames, Bahamian
notes: label: Description
content: The headpiece, or crown, of a man's costume for the Bahamas Junkanoo Revue, a junkanoo troupe in Miami, Florida
label: Description
content: The headpiece is red, white, yellow, and blue and resembles an oversized turban in shape. At front center is a red and blue lotus-shaped design, with each petal tipped bordered in gold beading and tipped with a gemstone. At bottom center is a gold metallic sphere trimmed with gold beads. Two strands of gold beads drape down from the sphere and across the wearer's forehead, reconnecting at either side of the center lotus design. Radiating out from the lotus is a larger blue field, bordered by a row of gold beading, a line of yellow fabric, and a row of blue beading. The rest of the headpiece has thick white and red stripes interspersed with thinner yellow stripes. Each stripe is bordered by a row of gold or blue beading.
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: 2015.140.1
objectType: label: Type
content: hats
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, wire, paper, paint, Glass bead, felt, plastic, glitter, masking tape, and glue
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 13 × 13 × 11 in. (33 × 33 × 27.9 cm)