Chest piece for Bahamas Junkanoo Revue costume

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

The chest piece, or collar, of a man's costume for the Bahamas Junkanoo Revue, a junkanoo troupe in Miami, Florida. The chest piece has a circular neck hole and rests across the shoulders and chest of the wearer. It has an elaborate yellow, white, red, and blue design with gold and blue beaded trim and clear-colored gemstones throughout. The area around the neck is yellow, with two rows of blue beaded trim bordering a row gemstones. The main part of the piece has white tooth or claw shapes extending across a red field. The white shapes have center gold and red gemstones and are bordered in gold and blue beaded trim. The outside border of the red field is also beaded with rows of gold and blue beads. Alternating blue and white petal shapes extend out from the shoulders, also with gold and blue beaded trim and center gold gemstones.

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