Tono Maria also known as the “Venus of South America” was another woman , similar to Sarah Baartman’s case, that was exhibited in the “London shows” or freak shows in the 1800s. Tono Maria, an Aimoré woman from the South American region , now the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, was known for her scars, social codes that signified her sexual transgressions, her full figure and large lip and ear plugs . Tono Maria’s features fascinated the London spectators and further fueled their studies in scientific racism and western superiority . Life Tono Maria was displayed in a London freak show, and described in an 1822 article called the “Sketches of Society: The Shows of London ” as the Venus of South America whose “charms are reputed to have been irresistible in her native land in which she made conquest of no fewer than three chieftains in succession . " She is described at the time as being "about forty years of age".Sketches of Society: The Shows of London.” The London Literary Gazette and Journal of the Belle Lettres, 1822. pg 123. Accessed April 14, 2017. URL Symbolism Author Janell Hobson briefly recounts Tono Maria in her memoir , Venus in the Dark , and describes how the London spectators viewed her nearly 100 scars, each supposedly representing a sexual transgression committed in her own tribe, as a social stigma, a mark of excess sexuality representing how nonwhites were "openly licentious, debauched, and depraved” in comparison with European white women who were considered “pure” and “refined” .Janell Hobson. Venus in the Dark: Blackness and Beauty in Popular Culture. Routledge. Taylor & Francis Group. pg 46. 2005. Accessed April 15, 2017. Author Rosemarie Garland Thompson mentions Tono Maria in her book, Extraordinary Bodies  , as a spectacle that  “ confirmed the Englishman’s sense of physical mastery” and was seen as a cautionary tale of female sexual appetite .Rosemarie Garland Thompson. Extraordinary Bodies. Columbia University Press.April 1996.
Tono Maria was a South American woman who was displayed at freak shows in London during the early 19th century. She was an Aimoré woman who was born in the Minas Gerais region of Brazil and eventually moved to London at some point in her life. Marketed as the “Venus of South America”, Maria was displayed on numerous freak shows throughout the city, where her numerous body scars (which were claimed to signify a sexual transgression she had committed), large figure, lip and ear plugs became objections of fascination for numerous spectators who viewed her . Life Tono Maria an Aimoré woman who was born in the Minas Gerais region of Brazil around 1782. She eventually moved to London at some point in her life, and was displayed in numerous freak shows around the city. Maria was described in an article written for the London Literary Gazette as being marketed as the " Venus of South America "; the article went on to note that Maria's “charms are reputed to have been irresistible in her native land in which she made conquest of no fewer than three chieftains in succession " . She was described in the article as being "about forty years of age".Sketches of Society: The Shows of London.” The London Literary Gazette and Journal of the Belle Lettres, 1822. pg 123. Accessed April 14, 2017. URL Legacy University at Albany professor Janell Hobson briefly recounted Maria in her book , Venus in the Dark : Blackness and Beauty in Popular Culture, describing how the London spectators took particular note of the scars on her body which nearly numbered a hundred; with each scar supposedly representing a sexual transgression committed by Maria. Hobson used Maria to illustrate the contrasting depictions of sexuality between white women and women of color .Janell Hobson. Venus in the Dark: Blackness and Beauty in Popular Culture. Routledge. Taylor & Francis Group. pg 46. 2005. Accessed April 15, 2017. American scholar Rosemarie Garland-Thomson mentioned Maria in her book, Extraordinary Bodies : Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature , as a spectacle that the London spectators used to confirm their “ sense of physical mastery” . Thompson also noted that Maria was seen as a cautionary tale of female hypersexuality .Rosemarie Garland Thompson. Extraordinary Bodies. Columbia University Press.April 1996.
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