Back in 2016 I facetiously suggested that this bizarre horse-head burlesque performer was the unbeloved Star Wars character Jar Jar Binks trying to pick up some extra cash as a strip dancer. Now, I actually have some explanatory provenance for this photo:

barnyard follies burlesque dancer at the panama club in london

The caption in the March 1960 issue of Ace magazine reads

The Panama’s “Barnyard Follies” features chorus girls wearing head masks of farm beasts.

The photo is from an article about the burlesque “revues” at the Club Panama in London. Besides the Barnyard Follies, other shows mentioned include Scotch dance, a “Devil Dance”, Egyptian dance, a “popular Indian routine” (they mean the American kind, with redface), a satire show called “Seeing Stars”, something called “Nudes in the News”, a number titled “On the Spanish Beach”, and a show called “The Sultan’s Harem.” Sounds like a fun lineup!

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