Koringa by Frank Rust - The Northcliffe Collection

Koringa the only female fakir in the world, lying on broken bottles. 1937 Circus performer Koringa, who was born in France and her real name was Renee Bernard, was a leading act for the Mills Brothers Circus. Koringa’s performance included her hypnotizing crocodiles and walking on their heads! She was accompanied by four female performers who dressed in exotic costumes from the Far East as she walked on the heads of the crocodiles the largest one known as Churchill. The performance left the audience mesmerized ( from Cabinet Magazine https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/26/toulmin.php)

photograph by Frank Rust from the amazing Northcliffe Collection