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Handkerchief belonging to the dance costume of a volador
Scarf of the costume worn by men who perform the "flight of the voladores. \Five voladores, flying men, climb a pole up to 30 feet high. Four of them have a rope tied to their ankle, which is wound around the pole. They throw themselves backwards and descend, head down, in a number of revolutions - usually thirteen - to the ground. The fifth person is the capitán, the leader. He plays a flute and …
Type of item
- Object Type: accessories worn above the waist
- accessories worn above the waist
- Neckcloth
Date
- 1983
Medium
- Material: nylon
- nylon
- Nylon
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- 0-0
- 0
Provenance
- 1983-10-25
- Aankoop
Identifier
- RV-5250-2e
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/806834
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- ambergris
- rope
Year
- 0
- 1983
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-11T07:13:13.286Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2022-10-15T07:33:21.569Z