Back piece for Bahamas Junkanoo Revue costume
date: label: Date
content: 2015
name: label: Designed by
content: Wilshire Dames, Bahamian
notes: label: Description
content: The back piece of a man's costume for the Bahamas Junkanoo Revue, a junkanoo troupe in Miami, Florida.
label: Description
content: The back piece is pear shaped and features an intricate design of paisley shapes, diamonds, triangular shapes, and curved shapes in red, white, yellow, and blue with red, blue, gold, and clear colored beads and gemstones. Several of the shapes are also covered in glitter. At the top center of the back piece are long red and black striped feathers tipped with smaller yellow feathers. When worn, these feathers are the highest point of the costume extending above the wearer's head. Three layers of feathers border the back piece. 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 the piece is red with a double border of gold beaded trimming going around a series of pointed shapes. There is a cutout opening in the bottom half. The back piece attaches to the rods of the costume's harness (2015.140.7).
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
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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: 2015.140.6
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, tissue paper, sequin, paper, feathers, paint, Glass bead, plastic, glitter, and glue
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 54 × 44 × 4 in. (137.2 × 111.8 × 10.2 cm)