Carnival Mask
date: label: Date made
content: 1997-04
name: label: maker
content: Pagan, Leonardo
notes: label: Description
content: Carnival celebrations featuring performers dressed as devils are found across Puerto Rico and throughout Latin America. The presence of these characters during Carnival is understood by many as an ancient reference to the contest between good and evil. This devilish mask shows the characteristic style of its maker, Leonardo Pagán. Born in 1929, Pagán was the student of a renowned mask maker, Juan Careta, who worked from the 1890s until the 1950s. After his mentor's death, Pagán masks became highly prized. Pagán died in 2000.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Las celebraciones de carnaval durante las cuales se observan individuos disfrazados de diablos son comunes en Puerto Rico y el resto de América Latina. Muchos interpretan la presencia de estos personajes durante el Carnaval como una antigua referencia a la contienda entre el bien y el mal. Esta máscara diabólica representa el estilo característico de su creador, Leonardo Pagán. Nacido en 1929, Pagán fue estudiante del renombrado artesano de máscaras, Juan Careta, cuyo trabajo se extendió desde la década de 1890 hasta la de 1950. Luego de la muerte de su mentor, las máscaras de Pagán se volvieron muy preciadas. Pagán falleció en el año 2000.
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico: Ponce, Ponce
title: label: Title (Spanish)
content: Máscara de Carnaval
topic: label: Subject
content: Costume
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Vidal
label: Exhibition
content: Artifact Walls
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.1215
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.1215
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carnival mask
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: papier mache (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 43.6 cm x 34.7 cm x 27.5 cm; 17 3/16 in x 13 11/16 in x 10 13/16 in