In 1976 and 1979, the fairground in Oslo was broken into and the corpses damaged. Originally from Oklahoma, she has been covering visual culture and overlooked history for print The scientists of the day thought that she was a hybrid between human and orangutan, and believed that they had found a missing link. In this article we document the role of Ivan Matveevich Sokolov, anatomy professor at Moscow University, in the mummification of Julia Pastrana, born Humanity is disgraceful. For our final Iconic Corpse of the year, the tragic tale, and (somewhat) happy ending for the body of performer Julia Pastrana.Here is the interview mentione. I guess, some people are born with sad stories and she is definitely one of them. Pastrana eventually married her manager, Lent; a man Dr Woolf describes as a shady character. We can only guess as to how Lent rationalised what he was doing with Pastrana but money undoubtedly played a huge role. The newborn would only survive a little over a day after his birth and he had inherited the condition that made his mother famous he too was covered in dark hair. This is where those two accounts of her origin story converge. muhammad abdullah javed on September 04, 2015: Very interesting Hub Nell Rose, reading about personalities pend down by you is simply a fascination. In this version, so the story goes, a group of Mexican herders then found Pastrana in a mountain cave hiding with her mother. Upon hearing her story, I felt that my duty as a Mexican female artist, and as a human being, was to do everything possible to have Pastrana removed from the anatomy collection and returned to Mexico, her place of birth where she was at the time practically unknown to receive a proper burial, artistLaura Anderson Barbata told Hyperallergic. Genevieve Carlton earned a Ph.D in history from Northwestern University with a focus on early modern Europe and the history of science and medicine before becoming a history professor at the University of Louisville. Rumors abound about her early years: she was sold into show business by her parents; she was left to die in a forest but was miraculously rescued; she was protected by her mother, who, hailing from a so-called Root-Digger Indian tribe, fled the community when Pastrana was born. The Eye of the Beholder: Julia Pastranas Long Journey Home is out now fromLucia|Marquand,distributed by D.A.P. Thanks for sharing this sad story. This not only reveals how people processed freak displays but also how the freak never engendered a similar response it depended on your outlook. They looked nothing like the pictures displayed outside their cubicles. I think she was featured in an article as a freak, along with others. Tim Truzy from U.S.A. on December 04, 2018: Stranger than fiction, Nell. [13] Francis Buckland stated that she was "only a deformed Mexican Indian woman". Founded in 2009, Hyperallergic is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. He billed her as -the ugliest woman in the world, half-woman half-ape, bear woman, the misnomered, the female nondescript- among many other sobriquets, they toured . There has been a theory about mental illness, marital problems, and financial difficulties, but nothing has been confirmed. Julia's mummie disappeared over the next few decades. [13] Samuel Kneeland, Jr., a comparative anatomist of the Boston Society of Natural History, declared that she was human and of Indian descent. Munby gained a thrill from transgressions, so it was hardly surprising that he would head to Pastranas freak show in 1857. Michelle Liew from Singapore on August 31, 2012: Hi, Nell. thankyou for sharing this wonderful story of facts! She was a human being and such claims would be hurtful to any of us; more so in the Victorian context when people were furiously debating the relationship between ape and man. ThoughtSandwiches from Reno, Nevada on August 31, 2012: This is an amazingly sad story. It must have been pretty confusing because the animal was capable of singing and speaking in different languages to cook and sew and dance. In 1864, they were being displayed around Sweden. Nell Rose (author) from England on May 06, 2014: Hi Wiccan, thanks so much for reading, yes even though she was regarded as the ugliest woman in the world she still held her head high even though her husband treated her appallingly, its taken all these years for her and the baby to be buried! lol! So pleased her journey has ended though. Julia Pastrana was born in 1834 into an Indigenous community in the Sierra Madre in Mexico. But maybe Julia could distance herself from such claims. Marco Ferreri's film The Ape Woman (1964) is based on Pastrana's life story. Julia Pastrana was bought and sold like a possession as well. I think Julia was a strong dignified and beautiful woman. Her body was "stuffed",[18] as noted by renowned naturalist and taxidermist Charles Darwin. Dr Woolfs book also explores the reactions of two men who went to Pastranas exhibition. Pastrana indeed did not share in the everyday joys in a home filled with love. Though she married Theodore Lent, it was not so much out of love as it was business for him. Julia finally went home but without her baby who was also human. lol! Beach, but in 1854, she eloped with Theodore Lent, marrying him in Baltimore, Maryland. Not a lot is known about her early childhood, but she first appeared in public, when, in 1854, she was brought out and exhibited at the Gothic Hall on Broadway. You are an excellent writer Nell. While giving birth, doctors had to use forceps to deliver her baby, resulting in several severe lacerations. This Idea came from Lent, who suddenly realized that if he didn't want to lose her, he had better marry her himself. To put it bluntly, by suppressing the truth of Pastranas story, showmen could peddle the claim that she was the product of an unholy union between man and beast: Her Remarkable Formation, and Mysterious Parentage, claimed one piece of publicity, and how she was Discovered in a Cave, suckled by her Indian Mother, Dwelling with Baboons, Bears, and Monkeys., According to the press, the delicate inference is obvious, but this didnt stop Lent hammering home the point. Later that year, a tour of Sweden drew considerable public opposition, leading to the bodies being withdrawn from public view. Silver Fish from Edinburgh Scotland on May 04, 2014: Amazing hub, loved reading this. Let us never see another woman be turned into an object of commerce.. using unknown embalming techniques - mummified the bodies of Julia and her son.The entire process took six months and the results, while macabre, were impressive.Unlike the mummies of . Join the conversation, you are commenting as. In her world, there is no detritus and everything (everyone) is charged with potential. His name was Arthur Munby, seemingly a respectable upper-middle-class gentleman: a graduate of the University of Cambridge, a civil servant in the Ecclesiastical Commission from 1858 and an occasional poet. Pastrana, who was born in Mexico in 1834, had two rare diseases: generalized hypertrichosis lanuginosa, which caused her face and body to be covered in hair, and gingival hyperplasia, which. Wikimedia CommonsJulia Pastrana was billed as The Ape Woman and drew crowds all over the United States and Europe. women all over the world are being treated appallingly even today, and yes back then those shows were the only thing that would give them a job and pay, thanks for reading, nell, Hi cfin, yes that's so true, it all depends on which country she would have been born in I suppose, and as you say behind our so called modern values we may never learn these lessons, thanks for reading, nell, Hi LongTime, yes the whole thing was awful wasn't it? Pastrana was advertised as a hybrid between an animal and a human and worked in sideshows and freak shows under the stage names the "Baboon Lady",[8] the "Dog-faced Woman", the "Hairy Woman", the "Ape-faced Woman",[9] He was never going to be able to enjoy it. From the redundancy of the teeth her mouth projected, and her face had a gorilla-like appearance".[15]. sounds fascinating. It is good to know she was eventually returned home for a dignified burial she deserved. Pastrana was born with long, dark hair that covered her body, and her managerand new husbandenticed audiences to her shows by describing her as the "Ape Woman," "Bear-woman," "Half HumanHalf Beast," and . Julia Pastrana was then transported to a private ceremony hosted by the university, at which the chancellor spoke with great respect and emotion. It was a ten-year effort to repatriate Pastrana, with Barbata writing letters tothe National Research Ethics Committee for the Social Sciences and Humanities, the National Committee for Ethical Evaluation of Research on Human Remains of Norway, the Governor of Sinaloa in Mexico, the Foreign Affairs Department of Mexico, the University of Oslo, journalists, artists, and anthropologists. Pastrana's body has since been relocated to Sinaloa, and was buried in a cemetery in Sinaloa de Levya in February 2013. 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Wellcome ImagesMarie Bartel, billed as the younger sister of Julia Pastrana. Suspiciously Suspect:Who Isand Isn'tan Unreliable Narrator? Her mother was constantly dehumanised as a Root-Digger Indian who lived among apes with the insinuation that she copulated with the animal kingdom and Julia was the product, he said. thanks! In the fifties and sixties, the mummies were displayed, mainly as a curiosity. Julia has been reborn among us. We can still see them at State Fairs, although they do not seem to display the most exotic ones. That must have been de0humanizing to Lent. A year later, Marie gave the corpses to a German impresario and they were exhibited in numerous fairs. Culiacn. I'm glad they finally laid Julia to rest. . By this time she had received many marriage proposals, and when asked why she had never married, she replied that they were not rich enough! lol! A condition known as hypertrichosis terminalis caused her body and face to be covered with long, dark hair; andgingival hyperplasia enlarged her gums and lips. While Dr Woolf believes there is an air of tragedy that hangs over Pastranas life, he stops short of describing her as being completely exploited. Julia's last words on her deathbed were: "I die happy. There is so much more to this story, but in a nutshell, Julia and her baby were passed from person to person, country to country, until one day in 1976, the storage facility where Julia was being kept, was broken into and vandalized. Julia Pastrana (1834-1860) was one of the most famous human curiosities of her time . He probably met Pastrana while she was performing in New York, charming his way into her life and, it would appear, marrying her in Baltimore around 1855. A 2003 Texas production of the play staged by Kathleen Anderson Culebro, sister of Laura Anderson Barbata, led to the campaign by Anderson Barbata to repatriate Pastrana's remains from Norway to Mexico.[2]. Or do we? As for Lent, is he any different than, let's say Max Clifford? Julia Pastrana (1834-1860) was a Mexican woman who suffered from various diseases that affected her physical appearance. People are judgmental and can be mean. P.T. In programs I have watched , people didn't feel like they were being used, they felt 'special'. I hope this gets out to more people. Up until the 1970s, there are records of them exhibited as carnival curiosities in the United States and Europe. UK Lawyers for Israel described the drawings, which were on display at the hospital for over a decade, as propaganda., Allison C. Meier is a former staff writer for Hyperallergic. Barbata discovered her story in 2003, whenAmphibian Stage Productions, a theater company directed by her sister Kathleen Culebro, invited her to collaborate on designs for the New York premiere of the playThe True History of the Tragic Life and the Triumphant Death of Julia Pastrana, the Ugliest Woman in the World by Shaun Prendergast. They were eventually sold, exchanged hands several times, and in 1921, bought by a Norwegian fairground owner who was building a chamber of horrors in Oslo.. He ended up dying barely a day and a half after being born. its 4.20 in the afternoon here, with grey clouds and rain! The delivery had also taken its toll on Pastrana and she died, following complications, in the early hours of March 25th, 1860. Nell Rose (author) from England on September 12, 2017: Kari Poulsen from Ohio on September 11, 2017: Another great story! But it appears that Lent was attracted to bearded ladies. The two would exhibit Julia's preserved corpse for over a decade, before Lent allegedly went insane and died in 1885, but even this is not the end of poor Julia's story. At one stage she was declared to be a hybrid of human and orangutan and her mother was constantly dehumanised as a Root-Digger Indian who lived among apes. Pastrana, an indigenous woman from Mexico, was born with genetic condition hypertrichosis terminalis which meant her face and much of her body was covered with black hair. thanks as always, nell, Hi Peg, yes my mum used to say about the bearded ladies etc, I never saw them, and of course we never thought of how cruel it was at that time, thanks so much for reading, nell, Hi Levertis, yes it was such a sad story, if only she had been born today, it would have been so different, I hope. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. But she was also subjected to multiple intrusive examinations as doctors tried to reveal the mystery behind her appearance one doctor claimed she was the result of mating between a human and an orangutan, while another stated that she was a distinct species., Others agreed that she was just a normal woman with a disease.. England became aware of her and stated in the newspapers at the time, she is an amazing oddity and promptly started to call her The Nondescript, which is similar to what we say today as unexplained. Read one of your commenters said she was finally laid to rest in a glass coffin. All praise to God who has created each & every creature with so much variation & uniquenessdifferent looks outside as well inner constitution wise, but then all equal of their need for love, care and generousity towards them. On 14 October 2013 the in-development movie "Velvet" was announced, based on the life and experiences of Julia Pastrana, and from an original screenplay by Celso Garca and Francisco Pay Gonzlez. I am sharing.. Bess Lovejoy explores her story and how it was only in 2013, 153 years after her passing, that she was finally laid to rest. They make up half of NYUs full-time professors, and they want living wages and academic freedom. Then again, this was never a neat distinction unlike actors today who move between characters, Pastrana played one role which she literally embodied.. I am so pleased that at last, she is at peace. You would think that after she had died, Julia would have been given a dignified funeral, and treated like the lady she was. The Restless Corpse of Julia Pastrana. Sadly, Pastrana didnt survive either, dying a couple of days after her baby. By Charles Wilson Feb. 11, 2013 Her own husband called her a "bear woman." An 1854 advertisement in The New York Times said she was the "link between mankind and the ourang-outang." She became. Teresa Coppens from Ontario, Canada on July 09, 2012: Very interesting story and one I was not familiar with. What a shame that Julia was subjected to such treatment during her lifetime and even afterward. By the time they got to Vienna, she wasn't allowed out in the daylight, because Lent was embarrassed to be seen with her. Times were much different then and it is easy to say they were being gawked at and used but the same thing happens today just slightly differently. Her wily husband immediately sold the bodies of his wife and child to anatomy professor Sokolov of the Moscow University for a price. There are people in all races that treat others like this even today. Someone must have cared enough about her to educate her, and teach her to sing and dance, don't you think?? It is held, I believe, that such an union as is this hinted at can never produce conception; the spermatozoa of beasts being unable to germinate in the human female, and vice versa? The announcement appeared in an article published in Mexican newspaper "Mural", member of the editorial group Reforma. It was only following a protracted campaign that Julia was finally brought back to Mexico and buried with dignity. The Supernatural and Psychic Index Hub by Nell Rose. Why could she not be buried and a statue made of her. Pastrana toured under the management of another showman, Theodore Lent, who like Pastrana remains an obscure figure. [1] She was born with a genetic condition, hypertrichosis terminalis (or generalized hypertrichosis lanuginosa [2] ); her face and body were covered with straight black hair. In fact after Pastrana died, he toured his late wifes corpse, then found another bearded woman to marry. In 1860, Pastrana fell pregnant, giving birth to a baby boy who only lived for two days. Lithograph of Julia Pastrana by V. Katzler circa 1860. Pastrana was one of the worlds most popular freaks at a time when such entertainers were the biggest celebrities of the Victorian era. Boo to her husband for being greedy!! So we come to the end. I had read quite a bit about Julia Pastrana before ina book "Very pecial People" but not as in depth as you provide here. Julia Pastrana was a famous sideshow performer in her day, but her celebrity was marred by racism and bigotry. If she was of another race would she be treated like this. After Pastrana's death, Lent sold her body and their son's body to Professor Sukolov of Moscow University who permanently preserved them. Nell Rose (author) from England on February 13, 2013: Thanks Linda, I have read this story since I was a kid, and she has always fascinated me, so glad you liked it, and thanks! He was covered in hair. Allegedly, Marie did not like seeing the mummified grin of Pastrana so the bodies were again lent to a show, this time in Austria. Julia Pastrana's last words on her deathbed were "I am dying happy". They were so cruel to her. To be returned to the home of her birth is something that we should all be thankful for. Pegasus Books. BL: And then her coffin was put on the plane? Poor woman. Barnums 13 most famous and incredible oddities. I had seen pictures of this dear lady before but I did not know her tragic story, thank you for sharing. Her manager Theodore Lent, meanwhile, also did his best to entice the public by billing her as half woman and half animal. At four and a half feet, she was also said to look very like an ape in features. In their version, Pastrana was born with the condition hypertrichosis, which covered her face and body in thick hair. Copyright 2019 by John Woolf. Julia Pastrana was born in the mountains of Western Mexico in 1834. Displayed and humiliated, she was dressed in one of her dancing dresses. Created by Grove Atlantic and Electric Literature. Doesn't make sense, it should be against the law to treat people that way to make a profit cause they are different. Demonic Possession - The Case of Anneliese Michel And Werewolf Bill Ramsey. Perhaps a bit of all three. And of course Lent took this as permission to treat her like it, I would say that I am glad this doesn't happen any more but of course it does. She was so incredibly tolerant and embraced a tough situation admirably. The baby was torn to pieces. Doctors declared her a human and orangutan hybrid, and her talent at dance and song were displayed as a contrast to her seemingly unfeminine appearance. In this version, it is said that a woman identified only as Mrs. Espinosa was kidnapped by the tribe and held in a cave and took Pastrana with her when she was able to escape. Mahaveer Sanglikar from Pune, India on August 15, 2012: Interesting information about an unfortunate lady. Theodor Lent became more and more aggressive, and by the time they had toured through Poland and Russia, Julia realized that she was pregnant. Julia Pastrana was an indigenous Mexican woman treated as a spectacle in life, and death. When will we learn to be kind? In the 19th century, one such human curiosity was the "bearded lady.". The story of what happened to the embalmed corpses is full of intrigue, of the truth is stranger than fiction kind. Because of that, it was exposed as an attraction in various shows. I admire her courage to stand in front of a crowd and sing perhaps knowing that she would be ridiculed by others, but what could she do. So sad that she was treated so badly. Whats more, hirsute women like Pastrana came to signify hypersexuality, primitivism and bestiality. over here its 20.38, so we are about 5 and a half hours different! On show with her still born son after death. Years ago such individuals during the time of slavery were seen not as persons but animals. Her ears and nose were unusually large, and her teeth were irregular. Lent immediately became Julia Pastranas manager-owner, designing materials and crafting language promoting the unusual contrast between Pastranas appearance and her talents. Barnums 13 most famous and incredible oddities. I believed that Julia needed to recover her dignity and to occupy her own place in history as well as in our memory, Barbata stated. Yet with all this, she was substantially human: she spoke several languages, sang, danced, was lively and intelligent. Lent even tracked down another woman named Marie Bartel who had the same condition as Pastrana and married her. Zenora, his bride, carried on touring with the mummies, and then eventually married a much younger man. Marie and Lent went to Russia, Lent went insane, and in 1888, Marie left Russia for Munich. It is believed that Pastrana fell in love with Lent as they toured America and Europe together. The reasons for Julia Murray's suicide are not known. thanks so much, and warm wishes to you back! Voted up. Freak shows, although now politically incorrect and unpopular, gave unique people a stage and they were made stars. ugliest woman in the world (according to her owner). Nell Rose (author) from England on May 04, 2014: Hi heidi, thanks so much, some things never change, but thankfully the way we quickly deal with it is much better thankfully, glad you liked it, nell, Hi Dabble, thanks for reading, yes some people just have it bad from birth don't they? In 1855, Pastrana was married to Theodore Lent, who saw her as a path to fortune and fame. :). She had great poise. And even more so when most of us probably agree that treatment today would not be much different. A wonderful article but so sad all the suffering she had to endure. Pastrana was not alone in her fate. However, during her performances, she demonstrated her intelligence and talent: singing, dancing, and interacting with the audience.[10]. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. The only parts of her body not covered in hair was the palms of her hands and the soles of her feet. Nell Rose (author) from England on November 26, 2012: Thanks Michele, yes it was such a shame that someone with so much talent was treated like this purely because of the way she looked, sadly it still happens today in some countries, thanks so much for reading, nell. We've gained little empathy in the past 150 years or so. Not only would she have to take time off, and lose money, from the tours, but Lent panicked because he thought she might die. Thanks so much Deborah, I wrote this after reading about her years and years ago, and she seemed to stay in my mind, I just suddenly realised that I wanted to know more about her and what happened to her in the end, I am so glad you liked it, and thanks! Julia Pastrana (August 1834 25 March 1860) was a performer and singer during the 19th century who had hypertrichosis. According to Dr Woolf, this description probably went a long way towards many people denying Pastrana her humanity. At last Julia has been laid to rest in her home state of Sinaloa De Leyva in Mexico on Tuesday 12th February 2013. I just noticed some commented two years ago that an effort was being made to bring her to Mexico for burial. Wonderful story shows how debase people are and cruel. Nell Rose (author) from England on December 16, 2012: Hi mizjo, I don't the know the answer to that, as I am sure you understand, when people treat each other with respect then this world will be a much better place, thanks so much for reading mizjo, nell. Some people who had deformities which kept them from employment could earn from their problem and help their families. Wellcome Library, LondonAn ad for Julia Pastranas show. Julia Pastrana was set to perform at the Regent Gallery, at the Quadrant on Regent Street with its lodgings, homes and shops selling imported and exotic delicacies. But she was anything but a freak, she could cook and sew, sing romance songs, and even better, hold an intelligent conversation which impressed the gentry, in a time when women were not treated as intelligent human beings. The bill at her early shows claimed that her people resembled apes and lived in caves, and Pastrana was only brought to the sideshow when a woman named Mrs. Espinosa who was captured and held hostage by Pastranas tribe escaped, and took Julia Pastrana with her. [2] Hundreds of people attended her Catholic funeral, and her remains were buried in a cemetery in Sinaloa de Leyva, a town near her birthplace. Hi Suzie, thanks so much, she is such a fascinating lady, and I totally respect everything she went through, such a pity she had to live back then, thank you, nell. Freak showmen capitalised on this there were numerous freak performers billed as Missing Links or proof of Darwins theory.. "El trgico viaje de una mujer salvaje mexicana al mundo civilizado". Is the Destruction of Armenian Heritage Not Important Enough for the Getty? Register, Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout. I didn't know who Julia Pastrana was prior to reading this. Indeed, in the world of the freak show bearded ladies often found admirers and husbands. Annie Jones, initially billed as the Infant Esau at Barnums Museum, was allegedly secretly married to a showman when she had just turned 16. Complications during birth left her weak and drained. This is such a sad yet unique story. A new book chronicles how artist Laura Anderson Barbata led the repatriation and burial of Julia Pastrana, a 19th-century indigenous Mexican woman exhibited in life and death for her excessive hair. It affected her very deeply in her heart with sadness, Otto related. [citation needed]. One artist said the Mauritshuis Museums decision to displayA Girl With a Pearl Earring made using Midjourney highly unethical.. the one good thing about this though was the fact that as I kept sharing it everywhere they eventually found her and buried her with dignity, so pleased. Thanks to the efforts of Sinaloa state governor Mario Lpez Valdez, New York-based visual artist Laura Anderson Barbata, and Norwegian authorities, Julia Pastrana was finally repatriated and laid to rest in a town near the place she was said to have been born in Sinaloa. Nell Rose (author) from England on April 22, 2017: Thanks so much Lauren, glad you liked it. For over a hundred years, the bodies of Pastrana and her son were displayed around the world in museums, circuses and amusement parks. Used with the permission of the publisher. such a darn shame! Don't have an account? I like to think it did, but we dont know for sure.. Nell Rose (author) from England on November 18, 2012: Thanks unknown spy, glad you liked it, nell. Nell Rose (author) from England on July 10, 2012: Hi Teresa, thanks so much for reading, yes Julia Pastrana was a very unique person, and I hope one of these days that she will have a statue or some sort of commemorative piece to honor her, thanks so much, nell. 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