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Old 05-22-08, 03:07 AM   #21
Von Tonner
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We had an interesting case here in SA over Sara Baartman. She was from the Hottentot tribe and was paraded around Europe 200 years ago because of her large buttocks and labia. When she died the French bottled and preserved these parts of her anatomy and put them on public display in one of their museums.

Given that, I think the mummy got off lightly.

"The remains of an African woman who was paraded around Europe as a freak and scientific curiosity have been handed back to the South African Government in a symbolic gesture of reconciliation by France. The skeleton and bottled organs of Saarti Baartman - who was known as the "Hottentot Venus" for her pronounced buttocks and genitals - were handed over to the South African ambassador in a ceremony in Paris on Friday, ending a long battle for her return."


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1957240.stm
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