Photograph of a female performer in costume

Source catalog description

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

A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of a female performer in costume. The performer is standing with her proper right leg held slightly in front of her proper left leg. Her proper right arm is extended above her head, slightly rounded, with her fingers curled and her index finger pointing towards the top edge of the image. Her proper right arm is held diagonally across her waist. Her proper right fingers are curled and her index finger is pointing towards the left edge of the image. She is wearing a dark colored metallic bikini top, with a metal choker, dark elbow-length arm bands, and a dark headpiece with fringe. She is also wearing a light colored, metallic bikini bottom with a swath of fabric draped down the front of her legs and decorative flowers on her proper right hip.

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