Hip extensions for Bahamas Junkanoo Revue costume

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The hip extensions of a man's costume for the Bahamas Junkanoo Revue, a junkanoo troupe in Miami, Florida. The two hip extensions are an abstract curved shape to extend the costume out to the sides of the wearer. The inside edges of each piece are half red and half yellow, trimmed with blue and gold beads and clear and blue beaded decorative patterns. A triangular design in alternating white and blue trimmed with gold beading repeats around the outer edges of the curves. The white triangles have a red and gold decorative bead inside of them. The blue triangles have two small gold beads inside of them and three small red beads in the white border. There are three layers of feathers on the outer edge of each hip extension. The innermost layer is yellow with slightly longer red feathers behind the yellow feathers, and light blue ostrich feathers behind the red feathers.

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