unveiled his newest sculpture titled 'Sarah Bartmann' at his studio on
Friday, 7 July 2000.
also known as the " Hottentot Venus " was a indigenous woman
taken from the Cape to Europe by her Dutch employer and put on display by
an animal trainer to show off her distinct anatomy. She didn't share in
the profits as she was promised and died in exile far from her motherland
and tribe. After Cuvier made a plaster cast of her body, it was dissected and her organs
were still on display in Musee de l Homme, Paris up till 1974.
A poem reading by various poets, was a tribute to Sarah's life
Ferrus, A poem for Sarah Bartmann: