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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- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Cultures & Communities
- Vidal
- Title (Spanish)
- Máscara de Carnaval
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Costume
- Record ID
- nmah_600875
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-464b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
