In the 19th century, a distinguishing feature of Khoisan women was considered to be their tendency for steatopygia.

Some, particularly women, show signs of steatopygia, or accumulated fat in the buttocks and haunches.

The San women gloried in their steatopygia.

She had large buttocks (steatopygia) and also the elongated labia of some Khoisan women.

These features include short stature, very dark skin, woolly hair, scant body hair and occasional steatopygia.

Recently, similar figurines with protruding buttocks from the prehistoric Jōmon period Japan were also interpreted as steatopygia of local women, possibly under nutritional stress.

Due to her steatopygia, she had large buttocks; in addition, she had 'sinus pudoris', name for the elongated labia of some Khoisan women.

A woman with noticeable steatopygia may be specially greeted in the middle of the morning or in the night with Oh good AFTERnoon!

However, these figures do not strictly qualify as steatopygian, since they exhibit an angle of approximately 120 degrees between the back and the buttocks, while steatopygia is diagnosed at an angle of about 90 degrees only.

She had the expedition commemorated in relief at Deir el-Bahri, which also is famous for its realistic depiction of the Queen of the Land of Punt, Queen Iti, who appears to have had a genetic trait called steatopygia.