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Eustache

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December 11, 2020

Death mask of Eustache, a slave from the Dominican republic, who was awarded a ‘prize for virtue’ for his role in the destruction of a slave uprising. The mask shows five divisions across the man’s skull that were then used as ‘scientific’ evidence for medical knowledge.

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