{"id":13561,"date":"2026-01-14T09:47:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T11:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T09:34:17","slug":"lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\/","title":{"rendered":"Object of the Month: The Botocudo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><strong>An evolution in anatomical waxes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the 19th century, anatomical waxes, initially used for medical teaching, became a valuable tool for ethnology. Museums and anthropologists commissioned wax busts representing the peoples of the world, seeking to document human diversity according to the scientific criteria of the time.<\/p>\n<p>This bust of Botocudo, produced with a concern for realism, illustrates this approach. It bears witness to the interest shown in the indigenous peoples of Brazil, who were often studied from a colonial perspective. Today, these works question our view of the past and the construction of ethnographic knowledge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] An evolution in anatomical waxes In the 19th century, anatomical waxes, initially used for medical teaching, became a valuable tool for ethnology. Museums and anthropologists commissioned wax busts representing the peoples of the world, seeking to document human diversity according to the scientific criteria of the time. This bust of Botocudo, produced with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":13558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-118","description-off"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Object of the Month: The Botocudo - Mus\u00e9e de la M\u00e9decine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Object of the Month: The Botocudo - Mus\u00e9e de la M\u00e9decine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] An evolution in anatomical waxes In the 19th century, anatomical waxes, initially used for medical teaching, became a valuable tool for ethnology. Museums and anthropologists commissioned wax busts representing the peoples of the world, seeking to document human diversity according to the scientific criteria of the time. This bust of Botocudo, produced with&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mus\u00e9e de la M\u00e9decine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/museemedecinebxl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-14T08:47:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-15T09:34:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/612536773_1168138505307391_2268868306007573965_n.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"526\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"789\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Valerie\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Valerie\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Valerie\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71099b159ea28f088f3dff136f5ee927\"},\"headline\":\"Object of the Month: The Botocudo\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-14T08:47:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-15T09:34:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":117,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/612536773_1168138505307391_2268868306007573965_n.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"news\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\\\/\",\"name\":\"Object of the Month: The Botocudo - Mus\u00e9e de la M\u00e9decine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/612536773_1168138505307391_2268868306007573965_n.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-14T08:47:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-15T09:34:17+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/612536773_1168138505307391_2268868306007573965_n.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/612536773_1168138505307391_2268868306007573965_n.jpg\",\"width\":526,\"height\":789},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Object of the Month: The Botocudo\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Mus\u00e9e de la M\u00e9decine\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Mus\u00e9e de la M\u00e9decine\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/logo-musee-medecine-bruxelles-150px.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/05\\\/logo-musee-medecine-bruxelles-150px.png\",\"width\":115,\"height\":121,\"caption\":\"Mus\u00e9e de la M\u00e9decine\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/museemedecinebxl\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/musee.de.la.medecine\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.museemedecine.be\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71099b159ea28f088f3dff136f5ee927\",\"name\":\"Valerie\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0fe8b4868845c3fa1b6e98a72a8fc7eded7526e80e5c052d928b76779ac6cd73?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0fe8b4868845c3fa1b6e98a72a8fc7eded7526e80e5c052d928b76779ac6cd73?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0fe8b4868845c3fa1b6e98a72a8fc7eded7526e80e5c052d928b76779ac6cd73?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Valerie\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Object of the Month: The Botocudo - Mus\u00e9e de la M\u00e9decine","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Object of the Month: The Botocudo - Mus\u00e9e de la M\u00e9decine","og_description":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] An evolution in anatomical waxes In the 19th century, anatomical waxes, initially used for medical teaching, became a valuable tool for ethnology. Museums and anthropologists commissioned wax busts representing the peoples of the world, seeking to document human diversity according to the scientific criteria of the time. This bust of Botocudo, produced with&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\/","og_site_name":"Mus\u00e9e de la M\u00e9decine","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/museemedecinebxl\/","article_published_time":"2026-01-14T08:47:29+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-07-15T09:34:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":526,"height":789,"url":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/612536773_1168138505307391_2268868306007573965_n.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Valerie","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Valerie","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\/"},"author":{"name":"Valerie","@id":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/71099b159ea28f088f3dff136f5ee927"},"headline":"Object of the Month: The Botocudo","datePublished":"2026-01-14T08:47:29+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-15T09:34:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\/"},"wordCount":117,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/612536773_1168138505307391_2268868306007573965_n.jpg","articleSection":["news"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\/","url":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\/","name":"Object of the Month: The Botocudo - Mus\u00e9e de la M\u00e9decine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/612536773_1168138505307391_2268868306007573965_n.jpg","datePublished":"2026-01-14T08:47:29+00:00","dateModified":"2026-07-15T09:34:17+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/612536773_1168138505307391_2268868306007573965_n.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/612536773_1168138505307391_2268868306007573965_n.jpg","width":526,"height":789},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/lobject-du-mois-le-botocudo\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Object of the Month: The Botocudo"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/","name":"Mus\u00e9e de la M\u00e9decine","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/#organization","name":"Mus\u00e9e de la M\u00e9decine","url":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/logo-musee-medecine-bruxelles-150px.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/logo-musee-medecine-bruxelles-150px.png","width":115,"height":121,"caption":"Mus\u00e9e de la M\u00e9decine"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/museemedecinebxl\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/musee.de.la.medecine\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/71099b159ea28f088f3dff136f5ee927","name":"Valerie","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0fe8b4868845c3fa1b6e98a72a8fc7eded7526e80e5c052d928b76779ac6cd73?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0fe8b4868845c3fa1b6e98a72a8fc7eded7526e80e5c052d928b76779ac6cd73?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0fe8b4868845c3fa1b6e98a72a8fc7eded7526e80e5c052d928b76779ac6cd73?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Valerie"}}]}},"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13561"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14521,"href":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13561\/revisions\/14521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.museemedecine.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}