rebozo
date: label: date made
content: c. 1995
notes: label: Description
content: This is the first rebozo that donor Tony Alvarado-Rivera ever purchased. Rivera became drawn to the rebozo, which is often worn by women, after learning about the history and empowerment of women in Mexico. In an oral history with curator Nancy Davis, they recall their experience of going to a market in Puebla and telling their aunt that they wanted to buy a rebozo. It was “kind of a coming out experience to her because, you know, ‘men’ do not wear rebozos,” Rivera says. Rivera, who is queer and gender non-conforming, explains, “I love all sorts of ways to just express and kind of blend gender and sexuality and also really question, especially within Latino context, of what is it to be a man or what is it to be a woman.”
label: Description
content: As a community organizer in Chicago, fashion is also a way for Rivera to encourage the people around them to experiment with gender expression and resist cultural assimilation.
label: Description
content: This rebozo was acquired as part of the museum's Latino Clothing and Identity Project, which ran from 2008-2009.
label: Description
content: Object physical description: Dark brown wool?; two vertical and two horizontal gold stripes with a woven geometric design flanked by thin gold stripes edged with gold metallic thread; rectangular shape; fringed ends.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Mexico
topic: label: referenced
content: Latino
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
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content: Clothing & Accessories
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Tony Alvarado Rivera
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0175.01
label: accession number
content: 2009.0175
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0175.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rebozo
label: Object Type
content: Man
label: Object Type
content: Rebozo
label: Object Type
content: Outerwear
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wool? (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 184.4 cm x 59.9 cm; 72 5/8 in x 23 9/16 in