bomba skirt
date: label: date made
content: ca 2008
notes: label: Description
content: This costume was worn in a performace of "Amor En Tiempos De Anti-Amor" at En Las Tablas Performing Arts (ELTPA). ELTPA was founded in 2006 by donor Maritza Nazario and Milka Ramirez to provide affordable performing arts classes and professional artistic training opportunities to people in the Hermosa neighborhood of Chicago. Nazario, originally from Puerto Rico, came to Chicago to persue a graduate degree in theater, because there were no such programs on the island. Once in Chicago, she found that there was community interest in bilingual theater productions, but no training programs. Meanwhile Ramirez, also born in Puerto Rico but raised in Chicago, was a social worker for the Chicago Public Schools and observed that the arts could have a profound impact on youth. She began to incorporate the arts into her practice and wanted to create a space for young people who would not typically have the opportunity to participate in such programs.
label: Description
content: This costume was acquired as part of the museum's Latino Clothing and Identity Project, which ran from 2008-2009.
label: Description
content: Object physical description: White cotton; elasticized gathered waistband with finished opening at center back; wide, full skirt with 11 1/4 inch ruffle around hem; no closure; unlined.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Illinois, Chicago
topic: label: referenced
content: Latino
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Maritza Nazario
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0176.003
label: accession number
content: 2009.0176
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0176.003
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bomba skirt
label: Object Type
content: Woman
label: Object Type
content: Lower Body
label: Object Type
content: Skirt
label: Object Type
content: Main Dress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 3/4 in; 88.265 cm