Oh no. Barbatas art is often long-term and participatory, engaging in practices such asstilt-dancing in Trinidad and Tobago and Mexico, and papermaking in the Amazon of Venezuela. Her embalmed baby was never found.. The name she was billed under was a cruel and sad insult to her condition. 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. The marriage lasted 15 years until 1895, when the pair were divorced, and Jones subsequently married again. No one knows what prompted her to commit such a heinous act. muhammad abdullah javed on September 04, 2015: Very interesting Hub Nell Rose, reading about personalities pend down by you is simply a fascination. Read one of your commenters said she was finally laid to rest in a glass coffin. That is very emotional and great. [11] The child survived only three days, and Pastrana died of postpartum complications five days later. Susan Britton from Ontario, Canada on April 28, 2014: An amazing woman. He reportedly treated her horribly, and she ultimately left Sanchezs custody in 1854 when she was purchased by Francisco Seplveda, who brought her to the United States. Join the New-York Historical Society for a virtual conversation on the Peabody Essex Museums new installation of Native American and American art with Philip J. Deloria, Marie Watt, and Karen Kramer. 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.. Standing in front of an audience of thousands, Julia looked down at the audience and sang in a most beautiful voice. 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. I agree with you in that I hope she will receive a proper burial. Copyright 2019 by John Woolf. A top police boss sent a scathing email to officers after their state force became embroiled in a series of 'drink-driving, drug use, family violence and sexual and predatory behaviour' incidents. I hope this gets out to more people. And so, death didnt free Pastrana from public gawking. Nell Rose (author) from England on August 31, 2012: Hi Thomas, yes he certainly was! Adults paid a quarter, and children paid 15 cents, to see the Baboon Lady. The theater chronicler for that show, George C. D. Odell, called Pastrana a delightful semi-human being and a cross between a woman and an orangutan. 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 September 02, 2012: Hi Sujeet, thanks so much for reading, nell. Certainly, though, in light of his later actions, it is hard to conclude that it was affection. At four and a half feet, she was also said to look very like an ape in features. In 1857 Pastrana and Lentfreak and showman, wife and husbandwere in London, with Pastrana billed as Miss Julia Pastrana, the Nondescript, known throughout the United States and Canada as the BEAR WOMAN and Baboon Lady. While the mysteries of Pastranas formative years leave the historians grappling for the truth, these very same mysteries were a deliberate part of her presentation as a freak. The son died a few days later, and Lent then toured with the mother and son's embalmed remains. As for Lent, is he any different than, let's say Max Clifford? But her death did little to stop the freak show from continuing; Pastrana was embalmed, along with her baby. Not many people believed that these mummies could possibly be real. 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. 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. In the 19th century, one such human curiosity was the "bearded lady.". Photograph by George Wick of the embalmed Julia Pastrana (via Wellcome Collection), Pages from The Eye of the Beholder: Julia Pastranas Long Journey Home (photo of the book for Hyperallergic). amazing woman! While we might scoff at the idea that anyone could ever think a human was the product of a sexual encounter between an ape and a woman, for the Victorians this wasnt necessarily a crazy idea, Dr Woolf said. So, finally, that was done. I admire her dignity . Great ending to a sad story, Nell. But maybe Julia could distance herself from such claims. Julia finally went home but without her baby who was also human. She then became part of theSchreiner Collection in the University of Oslos anatomy department. sujeet baro from Guwahati, India on September 02, 2012: nice one as a youngster from india i love to read about this one of such kind a hidden jems of ancient world mystry. Founded in 2009, Hyperallergic is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. In fact after Pastrana died, he toured his late wifes corpse, then found another bearded woman to marry. The reasons for Julia Murray's suicide are not known. We weren't allowed to go into those tents. Julia's mummie disappeared over the next few decades. Ohand Lent was asshole. So glad she attained a fitting resting place. Subsequently, Julia and her child's bodies were eventually inabuilding Oslo,Norway,whichwasbrokeninto thelate resulting in damage to Julia's body and the disappearance of LongTimeMother from Australia on May 04, 2014: Nell, it would have been nice had she been buried with her child, but it sounds like that didn't happen. Demonic Possession - The Case of Anneliese Michel And Werewolf Bill Ramsey. Up. This Idea came from Lent, who suddenly realized that if he didn't want to lose her, he had better marry her himself. Someone must have cared enough about her to educate her, and teach her to sing and dance, don't you think?? Later that year, a tour of Sweden drew considerable public opposition, leading to the bodies being withdrawn from public view. Lent apparently convinced doctors to let him keep the bodies which he used to sell more tickets. The newspapers couldn't get enough of her and when they realized that not only was she a very good singer but she could also speak several different languages, including Spanish and English, they were astonished. 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. Her ears and nose were unusually large, and her teeth were irregular. Linda Kasabian, who took part in the two days of mayhem in 1969 that left seven people dead, ended up flipping on the cult leader. Register, Join the conversation, you are commenting as Logout. Don't have an account? I had seen pictures of this dear lady before but I did not know her tragic story, thank you for sharing. For example, its claimed Julia said Lent Loves me for my own sake. As . Others called her the Bearded lady. Originally from Oklahoma, she has been covering visual culture and overlooked history for print The remains were consumed by mice. Much of the interest in Pastrana stems from what happened after her death. Her body was taxidermically preserved. So Julia Pastranawhoever she really was, whatever the true nature of her storywas placed onstage and under the stares of an audience who were informed that she was the horrific product of a bestial union with, as the publicity stated, the face of a Baboonthe body and limbs of a Womanthe skin of a Bearwherein the nature of woman predominates over the Ourang-Outangs. She might be part-animal but she was also a Lady in every respect. And all of this was being assiduously promoted by the man she loved. On March 20th 1860, Julia gave birth to a baby boy. What cemented the marriage? 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. Jools Hogg from North-East UK on September 01, 2012: Nell, great hub - fascinating and heartbroken in equal measure. He also barred her from walking the streets in daylight, worried that no one would pay to see her on the stage if they caught a glimpse for free. Lent sold their corpses to a professor at Moscow University who promised to embalm them, and then he took the preserved bodies of Julia Pastrana and their dad son on tour. To defend the rights of all people is ourresponsibility. Pastrana was not alone in her fate. log in. Then in 1990, Julia was eventually found in the basement of the Institute of Forensic Medicine, in Oslo, Norway. Nell Rose (author) from England on July 31, 2018: Thanks Anna, I totally agree with you. That poor baby was torn to shreds when he should be laid to rest. To be returned to the home of her birth is something that we should all be thankful for. Listen To 9 Of The Most Haunting Sounds Ever Recorded, Inside The Disturbing History Of The Texas Killing Fields And All The Murders That Remain Unsolved, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch. 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. Kevin Martin from United States on August 15, 2012: This story is very, very interesting and sad. The parents of a five-week-old baby mauled by two rottweilers have spoken for the first time since their little girls life was taken. Pastrana toured under the management of another showman, Theodore Lent, who like Pastrana remains an obscure figure. He didnt write about her, though, until 1862 when he returned to another one of her shows, which was very different to the first. It is such a shame how people will treat those different. She then joined the circus, traveling across Germany to Warsaw and, by late 1859, Moscow. Indeed, the Regent Gallery was a prime location with a proud tradition of freak shows: the Gigantic Youth from Yorkshire was shown at 50 Piccadilly in 1812, having already, allegedly, been introduced to Majesties, and Royal Family, at Windsor. Around 1817 to 1829, a Fat Boy, three years old, was on display for 1 shilling at 183 Piccadillly and, in the mid-1840s, the Human Tripod was exhibited for half a crown at the Quadrant, being declared a bipenis, as well as a trisceles with three legs. I am also reminded of the Hottentot Venus who had a similar fate as Julia. Teresa Coppens from Ontario, Canada on July 09, 2012: Very interesting story and one I was not familiar with. ..and don't forget my alter-ego - Jo Jo the dog faced Boy - lol - and yes this incredible story reminds me of The Elephant Man - and that beauty is always found from within -even though the sensational part of it - has been focused on the 'outside' part .. And you are pretty incredible and beautiful yourself Nell as a writer and hubber both inside and out -sending you warm wishes and good energy from lake erie time ontario canada 1:18pm. Years ago such individuals during the time of slavery were seen not as persons but animals. I suppose people with severe birth defects have been protected from public exploitation. So pleased her journey has ended though. lol! Julia Pastrana was a talented Mexican singer and dancer of Indigenous background. One doctor, Alexander B. Mott, proclaimed that she was part human and part orangutan. Follow her on Twitter @LJCharleston, To join the conversation, please Although now we can look back and think that she was treated badly in life and in death, perhaps she wasn't. Julia Pastrana was born in the mountains of Western Mexico in 1834. That must have been de0humanizing to Lent. I had no idea .. wow.. What we do know is that she was doomed from birth (around 1834) by her facial hair and strong features. But it doesn't finish here. Thanks for sharing. Munby, however, actively pondered Darwinian thinking he bought into the idea that Julia could, perhaps, be the product of an unholy union between ape and man. 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. Thank goodness this exploitation is not allowed today. The comments you have received are to be commended Nell - superb article written with love, respect and tenderness. [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. There are no birth, baptism or early records enabling a reconstruction of Julia Pastranas formative years, but she was probably born in 1834 in the Sierra Madre region of Mexico. I guess i am a few years behind but i am glad i stumbled onto your hubpage. As we will see, Lent emerges as a monster. Since birth, Julia was diagnosed with a harsh genetic condition - generalized hypertrichosis lanuginose and it was unknown at that time. The Sad Story Of Julia Pastrana, The Ape Woman Sideshow Performer. This page was last edited on 22 February 2023, at 11:05. In her world, there is no detritus and everything (everyone) is charged with potential. Referred to by the locals as Wolf Woman due to her genetic abnormality, she lived with her mother until her mother passed away of unknown causes. [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. Up until the 1970s, there are records of them exhibited as carnival curiosities in the United States and Europe. The moving image artist will discuss her investigative practice and the implications of digital image proliferation, taking place via livestream and in Philadelphia. The child was born with the same disease as his mother. He said she had an exceedingly good figure despite being hideous., Hermann Otto, a circus owner, was even more damning in his descriptions of her. Saul Rubio Ayala the local mayor of her town stated 'Julia Pastrana has come home'. Nell Rose (author) from England on July 01, 2020: I totally agree with you Alvene. The problem with trying to understand Julia Pastranas history is that multiple versions of her life story exist. At this time the press described Bartel as his property. But what about Lent and Pastrana? I remember as a child visiting the travelling side shows at the carnivals and hearing the barkers call out "See the bearded lady" and their recruiting for other similar attractions. You know it's not what is on the outside that matters but it what in a person's heart that matters. He succeeded. Michele Travis from U.S.A. Ohio on November 26, 2012: Thank you for writing this hub. So glad I discovered it ans I find stories with mysterious elements like this one fascinating. I'd never heard of Julia or her condition before and your depiction of her life is both compelling and heart warming. :). The literature provided by the sideshow that first purchased her said that Pastrana was born in Mexico in August of 1834. Lentseems to have considered her a model freak, a house-trained monster that behaved well in front of audiences, writes Jan Bondeson in a book essay. This not only reveals how people processed freak displays but also how the freak never engendered a similar response it depended on your outlook. She was given a Catholic ceremony and buried, free from prying eyes at last. What she had experienced is appalling. I read about Julia some time ago. Lent returned to London in 1862 determined to continue with the freak show. This was enough to give Lent a nervous break down. 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. What were the dynamics of their life and marriage? On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. More by Allison Meier. Nell Rose (author) from England on June 13, 2012: Hi shara, that is so true, thank you so much, I am glad you liked it, cheers nell. Pastranawas described as sociable and polite, and, besides being undoubtedly the greatest living curiosity, she is a lady in every respect., The Wonders: The Extraordinary Performers Who Transformed the Victorian Age. Then, unexpectedly, Lent had a mental breakdown and ended up in the towns local mental sanatorium. In programs I have watched , people didn't feel like they were being used, they felt 'special'. 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]. "Velvet" is directed by Celso Garca and is an international production with the support of various personalities behind and in front of the camera. Many of these recipients became invested in the project. The most popular story is that she was found living in a cave with her mother and was taken to an orphanage where she was adopted by the governor of the state of Sinaloa who used her as his maid. Records are blurry, but she was likely born in 1834 somewhere in Mexico, on the Western slopes of the Sierra Madre:. Standing at only four foot six, labor put her very life at risk. [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. 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. Theodore Lent displayed them across Europe and, when interest faded, he gave them to an English travelling museum of curiosities. In 1857 Pastrana and Lentfreak and showman, wife and husbandwere in London, with Pastrana billed as "Miss Julia Pastrana, the Nondescript, known throughout the United States and Canada as the BEAR WOMAN" and "Baboon Lady.". Engraving of the embalmed Julia Pastrana with her son (at right) (1862) (via Wellcome Collection), Laura Anderson Barbata, Julia y Laura (2013) in The Eye of the Beholder: Julia Pastranas Long Journey Home (photo of the book for Hyperallergic). After a Roman Catholic Mass in a local church, Julia's coffin was carried to the town cemetery and buried as a band played the local traditional music. Pastrana's husband arranged to have her body and that of their son embalmed--their bodies continued to be displayed into the 1970's. After being stored in a basement of a hospital in Oslo, Norway, her body was finally returned to her homeland, Sinaloa, Mexico, due to the efforts of artist Laura Anderson Barbata. lol! Voted up and awesome! Comisin para la Celebracin del Bicentenario de la Independencia y Centenario de la Revolucin. 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. how awful was that? Hi Juliet, lol! Wellcome ImagesMarie Bartel, billed as the younger sister of Julia Pastrana. Julia Pastrana was billed as The Ape Woman and drew crowds all over the United States and Europe. The mummified bodies of Pastrana and her son were absent from the public eye for a number of years. He was intimate with her and they produced a child. 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. A play based on Pastrana's life, The True History of the Tragic Life and Triumphant Death of Julia Pastrana, the Ugliest Woman in the World (1998) was written by Shaun Prendergast. After the bodies were embalmed, Lent had a ghastly change of heart: he realized he could make a freak show from the corpses, so he offered the university 800 as a repurchase. The Sleeping Girl of Turville: The True Story of a Girl Who fell asleep for Nine Years.. She had a great thirst for knowledge and willingly gave herself up to a medical examination. Fig. National Library of MedicineA photograph of Julia Pastrana. Aw thanks epi, you are kinda amazing yourself! According to Dr Woolf, the other man was Arthur Munby a civil servant who lived a secret life. Nell Rose (author) from England on February 14, 2013: Thanks Mike, Lovedoctor, and mary, yes she was a very sad character, and used the talents that she had to get through an appalling life, I am so glad she has been taken back to her home and laid to rest, thanks for reading, nell. 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! I'm glad they finally laid Julia to rest. Julia Pastrana. In 1862 Julia returned to England. Lent unbelievably went on to marry another woman who looked liked Julia, and after a while, he then made claim to the fact that his new wife was Julia's sister. The musical supergroup Apparatjik released a single titled "Julia" on March 20, 2020, accompanied by a lyric video. :). Eventually, Lent and his new bride retired to St. Petersburg and set up shop in a small waxworks museum. Nineteenth-century audiences recoiled at the sight of Julia Pastrana, the sideshow performer better known as the Ape Woman. One theater critic called her a semi-human being while another referred to her as a Baboon Woman.. Nell Rose (author) from England on September 04, 2015: Thanks so much m abdullah, glad you liked it, nell. In 1976 and 1979, the fairground in Oslo was broken into and the corpses damaged. Deb Hirt from Stillwater, OK on April 22, 2017: I read this with deep sadness. Cathleen J Wyatt from Reno, NV on May 18, 2012: 2023 The Arena Media Brands, LLC and respective content providers on this website. Dressed in red, Pastrana entertained the audience by singing and dancing. over here its 20.38, so we are about 5 and a half hours different! His diagnosis followed a racist tradition of linking darker-skinned people with animals. Julia Pastrana was bought and sold like a possession as well. Having to stand beside people, instead of with them, and to be shown as a freak for money, not sharing any of the everyday joys in a home filled with love.. Much of Pastranas life is still shrouded in mystery. Julia Pastrana was exhibited during her lifetime, and for quite some time after her death. Recently, she was reburied . Much like Tom Thumb, Pastrana was a gifted performer who starred in her own play, Der Curierte Meyer, about a dairyman who falls for Pastrana, whose face is covered in a veil (lifted for the audiences amusement). Their lives were exposed, much in the same way as todays reality stars are gawked at and scrutinised and Pastrana captured the publics fascination in the worst way possible. I feel we still have much to learn from Julia Pastrana, Barbata affirmed. In a book essay, Bess Lovejoy compares her to figures like Sarah Baartman, an African woman exhibited as the Hottentot Venus for her curvy appearance, and Minik, an Inuit boy brought to the American Museum of Natural History by explorer Robert Peary. Her son was placed on a pedestal and displayed, wearing a sailor suit. Nell Rose (author) from England on June 25, 2012: Hi floriferous, I remember that on tv too, the bullying starts at school and spills over to adult life, even now, over a hundred years later, its still the same, will we never learn? This was a radical idea that discombobulated mans place in nature. 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. On show with her still born son after death. Some people might act politely as they have been "trained" to do so, but atrocities such as the treatment of this woman and her child are as much prevalent today as they ever were. We've gained little empathy in the past 150 years or so. For over a hundred years, the bodies of Pastrana and her son were displayed around the world in museums, circuses and amusement parks. It is her persona, talents, charisma and courage she should be remembered for, and you captured those qualities beautifully here. thanks for reading, nell. The fact that we cannot answer these questions confidently, due to the limited nature of the archives, leaves so many unanswered questions that make him so shady, Dr Woolf said. #freaks #carny #JuiliaPastranaThis is the story of a girl child, considered to beso cursed that there is no Birth certificate,no Baptism record, in fact noth. While the full science behind the abnormality that caused her condition continues to be studied, even today, congenital hypertrichosis has a variety of effective treatments, including laser hair removal and hormone treatments. Soon she became better known on stage than just being a 'Freak', as they used to call people like her. 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. I have seen what was called The Two-headed man, The Fat Lady, The Snake-eating man, and a few midgets. This story made me tear up. 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. thanks so much for reading, and you take care too! I had read quite a bit about Julia Pastrana before ina book "Very pecial People" but not as in depth as you provide here. Suspiciously Suspect:Who Isand Isn'tan Unreliable Narrator? In 1855, Pastrana was married to Theodore Lent, who saw her as a path to fortune and fame. This informed his sense of disgust.. According to Dr Woolf, the embalmed corpses had a very strange career. She had great poise. The story of what happened to the embalmed corpses is full of intrigue, of the truth is stranger than fiction kind. Soon she began to travel all around America, and when she arrived in Boston she was billed as the 'Hybrid Woman or The Bear Woman. According to Dr Woolf, this description probably went a long way towards many people denying Pastrana her humanity. She was so smart, and intelligent. BookTok is Good, Actually: On the Undersung Joys of a Vast and Multifarious Platform, 10 Crime Novels You Should Read This March, 11 Speculative Fiction Titles Out in 2023 Perfect for Crime Fans, Women Outside the Structure: Victorian Widows and Governesses. From The Wonders: The Extraordinary Performers Who Transformed the Victorian Age. Pastrana's body has since been relocated to Sinaloa, and was buried in a cemetery in Sinaloa de Levya in February 2013. It must have been pretty confusing because the animal was capable of singing and speaking in different languages to cook and sew and dance. Boo to her husband for being greedy!! 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. Pastrana was subsequently taken to a local orphanage and eventually adopted by Seor Snchez, the governor for the state of Sinaloa in Mexico, who kept her as his maid. the "Ape Woman", the "Bear Woman", and "The Nondescript". Then again, this was never a neat distinction unlike actors today who move between characters, Pastrana played one role which she literally embodied.. Wikimedia CommonsJulia Pastrana was billed as The Ape Woman and drew crowds all over the United States and Europe. Nell Rose (author) from England on October 16, 2019: Thanks Liz, I will take a look! Even after she and her baby died. HubPages is a registered trademark of The Arena Platform, Inc. Other product and company names shown may be trademarks of their respective owners. Lent realised what had happened and much to the public horror, he took the awful and unbelievable steps to go to court to win her back. Julia Pastrana, a woman from Mexico born with hypertrichosis, became one of the most famous human curiosities of the 19th century, exhibited the world over as a "bearded lady" while both alive and dead. One spectator commended her sweet voice and great taste in music and dancing. Another spectator recalled giving Pastrana a cigarette: seating herself in an apish posture astride of a tall chair, she lighted it and some it through; looking a perfect fiend, as she sat there before the spectators, her great cavernous eyes flaming and her huge nostrils omitting clouds of smoke. 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