Photograph of a female performer in costume
date: label: Date
content: 1930-1960
name: label: Photograph by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Unidentified Woman or Women
notes: label: Description
content: 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 bent at the hip and knee, with her proper right foot resting against her proper left knee. Her arms are extended above her head, slightly rounded, with her fingers curled, and her palms facing outward. 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 proper left leg and decorative flowers on her proper right hip. Her metallic colored shoes match the bikini bottoms and the arm bands match the bikini top. She stands in front of a white background. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the photograph.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Photography
label: Topic
content: Theatre
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection
label: Classification
content: Photographs and Still Images
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.46.25.137
objectType: label: Type
content: gelatin silver prints
label: Type
content: portraits
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Image): 9 7/8 × 7 1/4 in. (25.1 × 18.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Sheet): 10 1/8 × 8 1/16 in. (25.7 × 20.5 cm)