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Paris c. 1910 MH19XX10 Costume Metal bra and sarong skirt. Headdress, necklace, armbands, bracelets. TM. N-2. Armpit. Actions Two different prints capture Mata Hari leaning forward and looking into the camera (1, 2). She lifts an arm (3) and condenses her position (4). Commentary Metal bras and flowing Arabesque skirts are a popular dance costume in the early 1900s. In Mata Hari's case the dance idiom is Sumatran, but Salome, Little Egypt, the Queen of Sheba, and Cleopatra abound. Source Leopold-Emile Reutlinger, photographer, Paris. Date is estimation. Reutlinger was born is 1863 and dies 1937. Mara Hara is in Paris between 1905 and 1916. 4 pictures. |
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