Julia Pastrana

For much of her brief, sad life, Julia Pastrana was denigrated, dehumanized and put on display for the amusement - and profit - of others, including her own husband.

An indigenous Mexican woman put on display in Victorian-era Europe because of a rare genetic condition that covered her face in thick hair was buried in her home state on Tuesday in a ceremony that ends one of the best-known episodes from an era when human bodies were treated as collectible specimens.

For much of her brief, sad life, Julia Pastrana was denigrated, dehumanized and put on display for the amusement - and profit - of others, including her own husband.

An indigenous Mexican woman put on display in Victorian-era Europe because of a rare genetic condition that covered her face in thick hair was buried in her home state on Tuesday in a ceremony that ends one of the best-known episodes from an era when human bodies were treated as collectible specimens.