• [Baker, Josephine. (1906–1975)] Beaded necklace, ca. 1930
  • [Baker, Josephine. (1906–1975)] Beaded necklace, ca. 1930

[Baker, Josephine. (1906–1975)] Beaded necklace, ca. 1930

[Baker, Josephine. (1906–1975)]
Beaded necklace, ca. 1930
Made for Josephine Baker for the Music Hall.  Provenance: Former ORTF, SFP collection. NB: image of Baker in some of her signature beaded necklaces for reference only. 

Baker was most noted as a singer, while in her early career she was a celebrated dancer. She was given the nicknames the "Black Venus" or the "Black Pearl", as well as the "Créole Goddess" in anglophone nations, while in France she has always been known in the old theatrical tradition as "La Baker."

The Office de radiodiffusion-télévision française (ORTF; lit. 'French Broadcasting and Television Office'), was the national agency charged, between 1964 and 1975, with providing public radio and television in France. When ORTF was divided into 7 smaller organizations, the SFP (Société Française de Production) took control of some of the archives.