Julia Pastrana

Julia Pastrana (1834 - 1860), from Mexico, a hairy woman who married a showman, Theodor Lent, but died in childbirth at Moscow (the child also died). Both bodies were mummified for display purposes, her upper eye-teeth and incisors are missing. Photograph is of her embalmed, but now resides in a sealed coffin at the University of Oslo, Norway

Bearded Childbirth Hairy Mummified Oddities Oslo Pastrana Sealed Showman

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