File:A Bopoto fetish ensuring good health to twins. Wellcome M0005522.jpg

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A Bopoto fetish ensuring good health to twins.
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A Bopoto fetish ensuring good health to twins.
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A Bopoto birth custom of twins, the placentas in two vessels are raised on forked sticks erected on each side of the road leading to the village to show that twins have been born and to protect against evil influence. Congo, Africa

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Keywords: Twins; non-european medicine; Ethnography
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  • Library reference: PHO No. 10791
  • Photo number: M0005522
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