“EKO AND IKO SHEEP-HEADED CANNIBALS FROM ECUADOR” SIDE SHOW FREAK REAL PHOTO POSTCARD.
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$115.00 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:00:00 AM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, May 26, 2010 2:00:00 AM)
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Auction #200 - Part I
Item numbers 1 through 1186 in auction 200
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Item Description
3.5x5.5”. Tiny typed date (Sept. 1922) label has been glued to card. Willie and George Muse were African-American albino twins born in the 1890s and were kidnapped as children by bounty hunters contracting out to a sideshow promoter. Told their mother was dead, the 2 toured as carnival attractions. Their promoter made them grown their hair out to natty dreadlocks to accentuate their already odd appearance. In 1922 they were presented in the Al G. Barnes Circus as “White Ecuadorian Cannibals” with the stage names Eko and Iko. They were soon re-labeled “The Sheep-Headed Men” and by 1923 they were re-branded “The Ambassadors From Mars.” Lt. spotting on back. Displays VF. From the Richard Merkin Collection and comes with Hake’s COA.
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