![Painting of a Josephine Baker wearing a banana skirt, palm facing upwar](https://artchrisdale.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/palm-up.webp)
Their Iconic tightly curves banana skirt mimic the bottom.
Part of a costume for “Danse Sauvage” or in English “Wild Dance”. Problematic word savage, used to describing dances uncivilized or primitive. Illustrates her appeal became prejudice, she was a dark-skinned savage bast wild and untamed spirit.