Máscara de Carnaval
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1980
notes: label: Description
content: Carnival celebrations featuring performers dressed as devils are found in Puerto Rico and the rest Latin America. The presence of these characters during Carnival is understood by many as an ancient reference to the contest between good and evil. The devilish mask pictured here was made for the <i>carnaval de Ponce</i>. Its collector, Teodoro Vidal, played a key role in publicizing the Ponce carnival and documenting its traditions of mask making and public performance.
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. La máscara diabólica que aquí se representa fue confeccionada para el Carnaval de Ponce. Su coleccionista, Teodoro Vidal, desempeñó un papel fundamental en la promoción del Carnaval de Ponce mediante la documentación de sus artesanías de máscaras y dramatizaciones públicas.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Puerto Rico
title: label: Title
content: Carnival Mask
topic: label: Subject
content: Carnivals
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: 1997.0097.0024
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0024
objectType: label: Object Name
content: carnival mask
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: papier mache; brass; paint (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: brass (accent material)
label: Physical Description
content: papier mache (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 cm x 58 cm x 27.5 cm; 11 in x 22 13/16 in x 10 13/16 in