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| Keywords: A basket of Twin Babies, Old Calabar, late 19th century (imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS2-029).jpg en <br> A basket of Twin Babies Old Calabar late 19th century Image of a woven basket containing two sets of twin babies There are two older children standing behind the basket and two seated in the foreground of the picture ; It was the belief in Calabar that if a woman had twins one of them had to be a devil so the twins were left in the jungle to die Mary Slessor the Scottish Missionary successfully fought against the practice of killing twins at infancy and herself saved many twins from this fate Photographer Unknown Filename imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS2-029 tif Coverage date circa 1880 Part of collection International Mission Photography Archive ca 1860-ca 1960 Type images Part of subcollection Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity University of Edinburgh U K ca 1900-ca 1940s Repository name Centre for the Study of World Christianity Archival file impaunpub_Volume7/1302 url Repository address The University of Edinburgh School of Divinity New College Mound Place Edinburgh EH1 2LX United Kingdom Geographic subject country Nigeria Format aacr2 1 lantern slide 8 x 8 cm Geographic subject continent Africa Rights Contact the repository for details Part of series Mary Slessor LS2 Repository email divinity-CSWC ed ac uk Subject lcsh Keyword Human rights; Twins Date created circa 1880 Publisher of the digital version University of Southern California Libraries Subject aat genre group portraits Format aat lantern slides Legacy record ID impa-m68172 Access conditions http //www ed ac uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/centres/world-christianity/collections-resources File GB 237 CSWC47/LS2/29 1880 author http //digitallibrary usc edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll123/id/64425 PD-old-70-1923 Magic lantern images Images from USC Digital Library uploaded by Fæ International Mission Photography Archive ca 1860-ca 1960 Murder Human twins Calabar | ||||
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