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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.

A color photographic print portrait of an undientified individual in a black and white ensemble with hair and makeup inspired by the character The Joker. The subject is pictured standing against a dark grey background, wearing a shiny black dress with white puff shoulders, two round white appliqués at the bodice, and large white appliquéd ruffles at the waist and above the knees. She also wears the collar and cuffs of a white button-down shirt and white satin gloves that end just below the fingertips. Her makeup consists of white facepaint, exaggeratted dark eyes with large eyelashes and black paint branching down from under the eye along with a red lip drawn into an exaggerated wide mouth. The subject wears a black and green wig styled to stand straight up with a large green curl at the front.

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