Editing Aruba (section)

==== Last indigenous Aruban ====
Nicolaas Pyclas was regarded as the last known indigenous Aruban. Pyclas spoke and understood the extinct language of the original inhabitants of Aruba, adhering to their way of life and customs. He resided in a hut in Savaneta. His diet included sea snails, such as ''cocolishi'' (''[[Cerion uva|Cerun uva]]'') and ''carco'' (''[[Aliger gigas]]''), as well as wild herbs. Pyclas rejected any involvement in religious practices. Around 1840, he was found dead hanging from a tree branch not far from his hut. Estimated to be approximately 50 years old, he was buried in situ and was not properly buried due to the hard rocky surface, he was only covered with a layer of earth and stones.<ref>{{Cite web |last=DBNL |year=1946 |title=De Caraïben door M.D. Latour O.P., Lux. Jaargang 4 |url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_lux001194601_01/_lux001194601_01_0012.php |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=DBNL |language=nl}}</ref><ref name=":05">{{Cite journal |last=Hummelinck |first=P. Wagenaar |date=1959 |title=Studies on the Physical Anthropology of the Netherlands Antilles: I: Indiaanse Skeletvondsten Op Aruba En Curaçao |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41969614 |journal=De West-Indische Gids |volume=39 |issue=2/4 |pages=77–94 |jstor=41969614 |issn=0372-7289}}</ref> Pyclas' skull was gifted to the former ''Rijks Ethnographisch Museum'', presently [[National Museum of Ethnology (Netherlands)|National Museum of Ethnology]] in Leiden, with the mediation of [[A.J. van Koolwijk]].<ref name=":05" />