Costume for Bahamas Junkanoo Revue, a junkanoo troupe in Miami: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A full man's costume for the Bahamas Junkanoo Revue, a junkanoo troupe in Miami, Florida. The costume is gold, with elaborately beaded pieces in a red, white, blue, and yellow design. It is trimmed all the way around in a row of yellow feathers, red feathers, and finally light blue and white ostrich feathers, with large plumes of red and black ostrich feathers at the top. It is comprised of the following pieces:

The costume is composed of aluminum rods, cardboard, Styrofoam, steel wire, tissue, sequins, decorative paper, feathers, paint, beads and contact cement.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2015
• Designed by: Wilshire Dames, Bahamian
• Type: ceremonial costume
• Medium: aluminum, cardboard, Styrofoam (TM), wire, tissue paper, sequin, paper, feathers, paint, beads, and rubber cement
• Dimensions: H x W x D (Full Costume- Approximate): 144 × 96 × 48 in. (365.8 × 243.8 × 121.9 cm)
• Cultural Place: Bahamas, Caribbean, North and Central America
• Place made: Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: African diaspora
• Topic: Clothing and dress
• Topic: Costume
• Topic: Costume design
• Topic: Dance
• Topic: Folklife
• Topic: Holidays and festivals
• Object number: 2015.140
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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