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Theatre Costume

ca. 1913 (made)
Artist/Maker

Wig for an unidentified female dancer in Nijinsky's ballet Le Sacre du printemps designed by Nicholas Roerich, Diaghilev Ballet, 1913. Shoulder length, dark auburn wig of artificial hair, stitched down the centre and plaited with eight very long thin plaits of black bass threaded with silver Russia braid.

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Wig for an unidentified female dancer in Nijinsky's ballet Le Sacre du printemps designed by Nicholas Roerich, Diaghilev Ballet, 1913.
Physical description
Wig for an unidentified female dancer in Nijinsky's ballet Le Sacre du printemps designed by Nicholas Roerich, Diaghilev Ballet, 1913. Shoulder length, dark auburn wig of artificial hair, stitched down the centre and plaited with eight very long thin plaits of black bass threaded with silver Russia braid.
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S.726-1980

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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