Shirt for Bahamas Junkanoo Revue costume: Museum Object and Cultural History
Shirt for Bahamas Junkanoo Revue costume: Date: 2015. Designed by: Wilshire Dames, Bahamian. Type: shirts.
The object in the museum catalogue
The shirt of a man's costume for the Bahamas Junkanoo Revue, a junkanoo troupe in Miami, Florida.
The shirt is made of a synthetic metallic gold material with iridescent gold glitter patches adhered in a pattern resembling scales. The shirt has a V-neck, long sleeves, and is cropped, ending mid-torso.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 2015
- Designed by: Wilshire Dames, Bahamian
- Type: shirts
- Type: ceremonial costume
- Medium: synthetic fiber, metallic thread, elastic, paper, plastic, and adhesive
- Dimensions: H x W: 17 1/2 × 24 in. (44.5 × 61 cm)
- Place made: Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Cultural Place: Bahamas, Caribbean, 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: 2015.140.8
- 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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