Object Details
- wearer/user
- Abeleda, Tito
- designer
- Kirk, Roger
- Description
- This exquisite mask, based on 19th-century Thai ceremonial headgear, was created by Australian designer Roger Kirk for the 1996 Broadway revival of the musical play, The King and I. It was worn by dancer Tito Abeleda as part of his costume for the show's second act ballet based on Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. The King and I, created in 1951 by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist-librettist Oscar Hammerstein, is one of the American musical theater's most enduring works.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Discover Financial Services Card
- 1996
- ID Number
- 1998.0048.23
- catalog number
- 1998.0048.23
- accession number
- 1998.0048
- Object Name
- mask
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 32 cm x 28 cm; 12 5/8 in x 11 in
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Musical Theater
- Record ID
- nmah_1195008
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-830e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
