Vintage Bakelite Brooch Pin Josephine Baker Large African Figural Antique
This is an extremely rare Bakelite brooch pin from the 1930's to 40's. Iconic Josephine Baker design of an African woman, hand painted white and red on black Bakelite. Deeply carved with metal nose ring and metal "plate" earring.
Metal pinback is complete and in working condition. Awesome find for the serious Bakelite collector. Tested positive for Bakelite using hot water.
Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald, naturalised French Joséphine Baker; 3 June 1906 12 April 1975) was an American-born French entertainer, activist, and French Resistance agent. Her career was centered primarily in Europe, mostly in her adopted France.During her early career she was renowned as a dancer, and was among the most celebrated performers to headline the revues of the Folies Bergère in Paris. Her performance in the revue Un vent de folie in 1927 caused a sensation in Paris.
Her costume, consisting of only a girdle of artificial bananas, became her most iconic image and a symbol of the Jazz Age and the 1920s. Baker was celebrated by artists and intellectuals of the era, who variously dubbed her the Black Venus, the "Black Pearl", the "Bronze Venus", and the "Creole Goddess". Louis, Missouri, she renounced her U. Citizenship and became a French national after her marriage to French industrialist Jean Lion in 1937.
She raised her children in France. I have two loves, my country and Paris. The artist once said, and sang: «J'ai deux amours, mon pays et Paris. Baker was the first African-American to star in a major motion picture, the 1927 silent film Siren of the Tropics, directed by Mario Nalpas and Henri Étiévant. Baker refused to perform for segregated audiences in the United States and is noted for her contributions to the Civil Rights Movement. In 1968 she was offered unofficial leadership in the movement in the United States by Coretta Scott King, following Martin Luther King Jr.After thinking it over, Baker declined the offer out of concern for the welfare of her children. She was also known for aiding the French Resistance during World War II. After the war, she was awarded the Croix de guerre by the French military, and was named a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by General Charles de Gaulle.
Measures about 3 inches X 2 inches X 1/4 inches thick. The item "Vintage Bakelite Brooch Pin Josephine Baker Large African Figural Antique" is in sale since Friday, February 8, 2019. This item is in the category "Jewelry & Watches\Vintage & Antique Jewelry\Costume\Bakelite, Vintage Plastics\Pins, Brooches".
The seller is "tee-warehouse" and is located in Walnut, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Modified Item: No
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Material: Bakelite