Cuban Rumba Dress
date: label: date made
content: 1973 - 1987
name: label: Associated Name
content: Cruz, Celia
label: designer
content: Arteaga, Enrique
notes: label: Description
content: This is a Bata Cubana, or Cuban Rumba dress, donated to the Smithsonian by Celia Cruz, the great Cuban salsa singer in 1997. An adaptation of the traditional Cuban rumba dress, it was made in the United States by Cuban-born designer José Arteaga. The Bata Cubana has its roots in the 19th century, with origins as diverse as the multicultural makeup of the people of Cuba. It brings together influences from Spanish, French, and African culture and dress, combining theater, fiesta, and the spectacle of carnival with slave and gypsy dress. The Bata Cubana is a garment worn for performance on stage or cabaret. Celia Cruz's Bata Cubana is made of orange polyester satin, trimmed with white nylon eyelet along ruffle-edges and eyelet beading along seams with inserted orange ribbon. The Bata Cubana was Celia's preferred performance costume.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Cultures & Communities
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Celia Cruz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0291.01
label: accession number
content: 1997.0291
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: red (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: polyester (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 55 in x 50 in x 93 in; 139.7 cm x 127 cm x 236.22 cm