Máscara de Carnaval
- Description
- Carnival celebrations featuring performers dressed as devils are found in Puerto Rico and the rest Latin America. The presence of these characters during Carnival is understood by many as an ancient reference to the contest between good and evil. The devilish mask pictured here was made for the carnaval de Ponce. Its collector, Teodoro Vidal, played a key role in publicizing the Ponce carnival and documenting its traditions of mask making and public performance.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- carnival mask
- Date made
- ca 1980
- Physical Description
- papier mache; brass; paint (overall material)
- handmade (overall production method/technique)
- paper (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- brass (accent material)
- papier mache (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 28 cm x 58 cm x 27.5 cm; 11 in x 22 13/16 in x 10 13/16 in
- place made
- Puerto Rico
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.0024
- accession number
- 1997.0097
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.0024
- subject
- Carnivals
- Cultures & Communities
- Puerto Rico
- Costume
- Vidal
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Vidal
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- Title
- Carnival Mask
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
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