Máscara de Carnaval
date: label: Date made
content: 20th century
name: label: maker
content: Vazquez, Felix A.
notes: label: Description
content: Although introduced by Spanish settlers, the island's carnival celebrations, like mask making, music, and public performance, have developed into uniquely Puerto Rican traditions that also reflect the customs and sensibilities of Puerto Ricans' African ancestors. This carnival mask pictured here was made by Félix Vázquez. Its comical eyelashes are complimented by a set of teeth that once belonged to a horse or donkey.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Si bien los colonos españoles fueron quienes introdujeron en la isla las celebraciones del carnaval, tales como la fabricación de máscaras, la música y las representaciones públicas, en la isla se desarrollaron tradiciones exclusivamente puertorriqueñas que reflejan las costumbres y sentimientos de sus ancestros africanos. La Máscara de Carnaval que aquí se ilustra es una obra de Félix Vázquez, en la cual sus cómicas pestañas se complementan con un conjunto de dientes que alguna vez pertenecieran a un caballo o burro.
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico: Ponce, Ponce
title: label: Title
content: Carnival Mask
topic: label: Subject
content: Carnivals
label: Subject
content: Donkeys
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.0012
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0012
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carnival mask
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: papier mache; animal teeth; 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: teeth (mouth material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (back material)
label: Physical Description
content: papier mache (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 58.2 cm x 59 cm x 32 cm; 22 15/16 in x 23 1/4 in x 12 5/8 in