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Four costumes representing Maytime Modes. Suggestions for dancers both on and off the stage, 1928, Top left: sophisticated simplicity - a gown of black satin crepe
A sketch of the Bal Negre, Montparnasse, Paris, 1930 described at the time as the Bal des Cafe Cremes Date: 1930
King Sandaineh of Saloum, Senegambia, 18th centuryKing Sandaineh of Saloum, seated on a couch of reeds, Wolof or Jolof Empire, Senegambia, 18th century. In gold crown, cotton tunic, smoking a tobacco pipe. Scimitar and saddle on the walls
Metalwork and woven items from Senegambia, 18th centuryForged metalwork and woven items from Senegambia, 18th century. Horses bit, spade and napha or portfolio. After Rene Claude Geoffroy de Villeneuves l Afrique, Paris, 1814
Two slatees guard a coffle of enslaved men, SenegalTwo armed Mandinka slatees (slave merchants) guard a coffle of six enslaved men, each wearing a heavy wooden neck collar supported by the man in front. Senegal, West Africa, 1800s
Josephine Baker in the Revue N觲eJosephine Baker(19211975), African American dancer and singer, as she appeared as part of the Revue NÞº▓e in Paris in 1926. Date: 1926
A portrait of Josephine Baker, 1925 - star of the Revue Negre and engaged for the Folies Bergere Date: 1925
Josephine Baker (1906-1975)Josephine Baker began her career as an entertainer dancing on Broadway. She travelled to Paris in 1925 to star in La Revue Negre. Her exotic dance style and costume made her an instant hit
Guerilleros in MexicoGuerilleros, who have been resisting the French presence in Mexico, surrender to general Negre, commandant superieur