Cast photograph of approximately 100 people in "black face" and wearing ethnic costumes. Center front is a man covered in black makeup, no shirt, wearing a feather headgear. Men on the left have large, painted oval shields. The group is on a stage in front of painted backdrop with tropical foliage including palm trees, and there is a thatched-roof building on the left.
William Grant Still played in the pit orchestra for Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake's musical, Shuffle Along. The appearance of Blake and Still in this photograph, and Blake's name on the dedication photograph dedication, indicates that this is the pit band for that musical.