Two French taxidermists stole the body later known as El Negro from a grave beyond the Cape Colony frontier in 1830-31. It was stuffed and displayed as "Le Betjouana" (i.e. the Bechuana or Motswana) in France and as "Le Betjouana" in Spain. From 1916 until 1998 it was the prime exhibit in a museum at Banyoles, north of Barcelona, where it became known as El Negro. Controversy over its display began in 1991, and was complicated by the assertion that a "Betjouana" was a type of "Bosquimano" (Bushman).
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