File:A basket of Twin Babies, Old Calabar, late 19th century (imp-cswc-GB-237-CSWC47-LS2-029).jpg

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English:
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
Date circa 1880
date QS:P,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll123/id/64425
Author Unknown authorCategory:Template Unknown (author)Unknown author

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