Mask
- Museum number:
- 3-27360
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21030027360
- Accession number:
- Acc.3123
- Description:
- mask; shredded varicolored paper on cardboard foundation; pentagonal shape w/ connected loops; h. 64 cm
- Donor:
- Beverley Robertson
- Collection place:
- Nassau, New Providence, The Bahamas
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Bahamas, Nassau
- Collector:
- Beverley Robertson
- Collection date:
- 1973
- Materials:
- Paper (fiber product)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Masks (costume)
- Function:
- 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
- Context of use:
- From Junkanoo Festival, Christmas, 1973. Junkanoo was established during slavery as a time of revelry for blacks during the Christmas season and has evolved into a primary Bahamian aesthetic art form participated in by both black and white Bahamians. Has become a main tourist attraction; celebrated on both the 26th of Dec. and the 1st of January., during the traditional morning hours (4-9). This example worn by a child. won 3rd prize in juvenile division
- Department:
- Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
- Dimensions:
- height 64 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-