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Ethnological show business
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The list Ethnological show business includes
Trijntje Keever, Sarah Baartman, Juana Maria, Ota Benga and Jemmy Button.
The list consists of 11 members
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Julia Pastrana
Mexican side show performer
Overview: Julia Pastrana (1834 – 25 March 1860) was a woman born with hypertrichosis, who took part in 19th-century exhibition tours in North America and Europe. Pastrana, an indigenous woman from Mexico, was born ...Date of birth: 1834Date of death: 25 March 1860Age: 25 (age at death)Nationality: MexicanOccupation: PersonalityGender: FemaleHeight: 4' 5" (135 cm)
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Trijntje Keever
Tallest woman ever
Overview: Trijntje Cornelisdochter Keever (10 or 16 April 1616 – 2 July 1633), nicknamed De Groote Meid (in English, The Big Girl), is alleged to be the tallest female person in recorded history, standing 9 Amsterdam ... 0
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Sarah Baartman
Khoikhoi woman (c. 1789–1815)
Overview: Saartjie "Sarah" Baartman (before 1790 – 29 December 1815) (also spelled Bartman, Bartmann, Baartmen) was the most famous of at least two Khoikhoi women who, due to their large buttocks (steatopygia) ...Date of birth: 1779Date of death: 29 December 1815Age: 36 (age at death)Nationality: South AfricanOccupation: VictimGender: Female 0
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Zip the Pinhead
Freak show performer
Overview: Zip the Pinhead, real name William Henry Johnson (ca. 1842 in Liberty Corner, New Jersey – April 9, 1926 in New York City, New York), was an American freak show performer famous for his tapered head.Date of birth: 1842Date of death: 9 April 1926Age: 83 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: EntertainerGender: Male 0
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Annie Jones (bearded woman)
American sideshow performer
Overview: Annie Jones Elliot (July 14, 1865 – October 22, 1902) was an American bearded woman, born in Virginia. She toured with showman P. T. Barnum as a circus attraction. Whether the cause of her condition was ...Date of birth: 7 July 1865Date of death: 22 October 1902Age: 37 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: PersonalityGender: Female 0
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Krao Farini
American sideshow performer with hypertrichosis
Overview: Krao Farini (1876 – 16 April 1926) was a woman born with hypertrichosis, who took part in 19th-century exhibition tours in North America and Europe.Date of death: 16 April 1926 0
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Juana Maria
Native American
Overview: Juana Maria (died October 19, 1853), better known to history as the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island (her Native American name is unknown), was a Native Californian woman who was the last surviving member ...Date of death: 18 October 1853Nationality: American 0
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Ota Benga
Congolese pygmy
Overview: Ota Benga (c. – March 20, 1916) was a Mbuti (Congo pygmy) man, known for being featured in an anthropology exhibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1904, and in a human ...Date of death: 20 March 1916 0
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Jemmy Button
Yaghan native, celebrity in England
Overview: Orundellico, known as "Jeremy Button" or "Jemmy Button" (c. 1815–1864), was a native Fuegian of the Yaghan (or Yámana) people from islands around Tierra del Fuego, in modern Chile and Argentina. He was ... 0
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Daniel Cajanus
Finnish giant
Overview: Daniel Cajanus (1704 – 27 February 1749) was a Finnish giant. He made his living by exhibiting himself for money, appearing in many European countries and attracting the interest of scientists and lay ... 0
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Human zoo
public exhibit of members of a foreign nation
Overview: Human zoos, also known as ethnological expositions, were a colonial practice of publicly displaying people, usually in a so-called "natural" or "primitive" state. They were most prominent during the 19th ... 0
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