Carnival Mask
date: label: Date made
content: 1985
name: label: maker
content: Caraballo, Miguel Angel
notes: label: Description
content: This papier-mâché mask was made by Miguel Caraballo in 1985. Masks like this are typically worn by young men from the neighborhood, who don the costume of a <i>vejigante </i>, a character who roams the streets during Carnival, playfully scaring children and other revelers, and swatting them with <i>vejigas</i> (balloon-like, inflated animal bladders).
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Esta máscara de papel maché fue confeccionada por Miguel Caraballo en 1985.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Para la época del carnaval, los jóvenes del barrio acostumbran disfrazarse de vejigantes con máscaras como ésta y salen a deambular por las calles asustando a los niños y concurrentes a la fiesta, dándoles palmadas con sus vejigas (vejigas de animales infladas como globos y puestas a secar).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico: Ponce, Ponce
label: used in
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
label: used
content: Puerto Rico
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
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures 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: 1997.0097.0002
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carnival mask
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: papier mache; paint; rubber/elastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: handmade (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (back material)
label: Physical Description
content: papier mache (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36.2 cm x 39 cm x 35.7 cm; 14 1/4 in x 15 3/8 in x 14 1/16 in