Baartman, Sarah
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Sarah Baartman, a Khoikhoi woman from South Africa; the so-called 'Hottentot Venus' was brought to Europe in 1810 and exhibited in Britain and France where she died of smallpox at the end of 1815. A cast was made of her body after her death and her skeleton and organs were preserved by the anatomist Georges Cuvier; her remains were returned to South Africa in 2002.
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| referencedIn | Human curiosity prints, playbills, broadsides and other printed material, 1695-1937. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Hofmeyr, Hendrik. Saartjie : monodrama / Hendrik Hofmeyr ; [scenario by Fiona Zerbst and Hendrik Hofmeyr ; libretto by Hendrik Hofmeyr] . | University of Cape Town Libraries, UCT Libraries |
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| associatedWith | Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832 | person |
| associatedWith | Hofmeyr, Hendrik. | person |
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| Republic of South Africa | 00 | ZA | |
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| Republic of France | 00 | FR |
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Birth 1789
Death 1815-12-29
Southern Africans
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