Shiva transformed into a naga (serpent) and Arjuna transformed into a garuda (eagle). Wayang wong dance, Java, Indonesia, ca. 1937
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Canadian Sarcee ‘Indians’, from ‘ North American Indians’ by Boorne & May, 1891
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Tamara Karsavina as ‘Salomé’, 1913. Costumes & Sets were inspired by Aubrey Beardsley’s Illustrations, created by Sergei Sudeikin
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Edward S. Curtis - Untitled (Raven-ma) – Qagyuhl People, British Columbia, 1914
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Igbo initiates wearing calabash masks with tall fibre extensions. Ada / Edda area, near Afikpo, Nigeria, ca.1935
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Glasgow School of Art, glass plate negative showing a performance by students in costume. Early 1900’s
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Loie Fuller, Goddess of Light
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Publicity shot for a stage production of 'The Wizard of Oz', 1902. Arthur Hill as the Lion and Anna Laughlin as Dorothy
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1911, one of the most talked-about Broadway roles was played by Maud Adams dressed as a rooster, the cockerel in Rostand's 'Chantecler'.
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Anita Berber
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Maiko Momotaro, Japanese Postcard, ca. 1910
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Kiowa In Winter, 1898. Sitting at the left - Ah-Keah-Boat (aka Jim Two Hatchet)
Photo by Frank A. Rinehart
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