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South Africa / Namibia: 'Femme de race Bochismann' (A woman of the Khoikhoi people), Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Georges Cuvier, Paris,1815

Saartjie 'Sarah' Baartman (before 1790 – 29 December 1815) was the most famous of at least two Khoikhoi women who, due to their large buttocks (steatopygia), were exhibited as freak show attractions in 19th-century Europe under the name Hottentot Venus. 'Hottentot' was the then current name for the Khoi people, but is now considered an offensive term.

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Title: South Africa / Namibia: 'Femme de race Bochismann' (A woman of the Khoikhoi people), Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and Georges Cuvier, Paris,1815

Caption: Saartjie 'Sarah' Baartman (before 1790 – 29 December 1815) was the most famous of at least two Khoikhoi women who, due to their large buttocks (steatopygia), were exhibited as freak show attractions in 19th-century Europe under the name Hottentot Venus. 'Hottentot' was the then current name for the Khoi people, but is now considered an offensive term.

Credit: Album / Pictures From History/Universal Images Group

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Image size: 4813 × 3635 px | 50.1 MB

Print size: 40.8 × 30.8 cm | 1894.9 × 1431.1 in (300 dpi)

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