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  2. Sarah Baartman - Wikipedia

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    Sarah Baartman (Afrikaans: [ˈsɑːra ˈbɑːrtman]; c. 1789 – 29 December 1815), also spelled Sara, sometimes in the diminutive form Saartje (Afrikaans pronunciation:), or Saartjie, and Bartman, Bartmann, was a Khoekhoe woman who was exhibited as a freak show attraction in 19th-century Europe under the name Hottentot Venus, a name that was later attributed to at least one other woman ...

  3. Jean-Baptiste Berré - Wikipedia

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    In the spring of 1815, Berré formed together with Léon de Wailly and Nicolas Huet the team of resident artists of the National Museum of Natural History in Paris who were tasked with painting a portrait of Saartjie Baartman. Saartjie Baartman was a Khoisan maidservant from the Cape Colony who at the age of 21 years had been smuggled to London ...

  4. Elongated labia - Wikipedia

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    Closeup of enlarged labia, standing. Elongated labia (also known as sinus pudoris or macronympha, [1] and colloquially as khoikhoi apron or hottentot apron) is a feature of certain Khoekhoe and other African women [citation needed] who develop, whether naturally or through artificial stretching, relatively elongated labia minora, which may hang up to 10 centimetres (4 in) outside the rest of ...

  5. How Sarah Baartman's hips went from a symbol of exploitation ...

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    Sarah Baartman was an international sensation of objectification. British LibraryIn “BLACK EFFECT,” a track from Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s 2018 collaborative album “EVERYTHING IS LOVE ...

  6. The Life and Times of Sarah Baartman - Wikipedia

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    The film concerns a woman named Sarah Baartman during colonial times. Set between 1810 and 1815, the documentary relates the true story of a 20-year-old woman travelling to London from Cape Town. A member of the Khoekhoe people, the woman was exhibited as a freak across England and became known as the Hottentot Venus. An abolitionist group ...

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  8. Human zoo - Wikipedia

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    An example of the sexualization of ethnically diverse women in Europe is Saartje Baartman, often referred to as her anglicized name Sarah Bartmann. Bartmann was displayed both when she was alive throughout England and Ireland and after her death in the Musée de l'Homme . [ 24 ]

  9. Steatopygia - Wikipedia

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    Steatopygia is the state of having substantial levels of tissue on the buttocks and thighs. This build is not confined to the gluteal regions, but extends to the outside and front of the thighs, and tapers to the knee producing a curvilinear figure.