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Carnival Mask

National Museum of American History

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Object Details

Caraballo, Miguel Angel
Description
This papier-mâché mask was made by Miguel Caraballo in 1985. Masks like this are typically worn by young men from the neighborhood, who don the costume of a vejigante , a character who roams the streets during Carnival, playfully scaring children and other revelers, and swatting them with vejigas (balloon-like, inflated animal bladders).
Description (Spanish)
Esta máscara de papel maché fue confeccionada por Miguel Caraballo en 1985.
Para la época del carnaval, los jóvenes del barrio acostumbran disfrazarse de vejigantes con máscaras como ésta y salen a deambular por las calles asustando a los niños y concurrentes a la fiesta, dándoles palmadas con sus vejigas (vejigas de animales infladas como globos y puestas a secar).
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Teodoro Vidal
1985
ID Number
1997.0097.0002
accession number
1997.0097
catalog number
1997.0097.0002
Object Name
carnival mask
Physical Description
papier mache; paint; rubber/elastic (overall material)
handmade (overall production method/technique)
paper (overall material)
paint (overall material)
rubber (back material)
papier mache (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 36.2 cm x 39 cm x 35.7 cm; 14 1/4 in x 15 3/8 in x 14 1/16 in
Place Made
Puerto Rico: Ponce, Ponce
used in
United States: District of Columbia, Washington
used
Puerto Rico
Related Publication
Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
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Vidal
Title (Spanish)
Máscara de Carnaval
National Museum of American History
subject
Costume
Puerto Rico
Record ID
nmah_600875
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-464b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

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