- Designed by
- Dames, Wilshire, Bahamian
- Date
- 2015
- 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)
- Description
- 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:
- 2015.140.1 head piece
- 2015.140.2ab wrist cuffs
- 2015.140.3 chest piece
- 2015.140.4 front apron
- 2015.140.5ab hip extensions
- 2015.140.6 back piece
- 2015.140.7 harness
- 2015.140.8 shirt
- 2015.140.9 skirt
- 2015.140.10 pants
- 2015.140.11ab shoes
- The costume is composed of aluminum rods, cardboard, Styrofoam, steel wire, tissue, sequins, decorative paper, feathers, paint, beads and contact cement.
- Cultural Place
- Bahamas, Caribbean, North and Central America
- Place made
- Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Clothing - Costume
- Type
- ceremonial costume
- Topic
- African diaspora
- Clothing and dress
- Costume
- Costume design
- Dance
- Folklife
- Holidays and festivals
- Identity
- Music
- Ornamentation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.140
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown – Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




