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Votive offerings for healing
Votive offerings, known as ex-votos, have been a vibrant part of devotional practice since ancient times and, Louisa McKenzie suggests, they still have a place in the secular world of today.
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Womb milk and the puzzle of the placenta
A human baby needs milk to survive – and this holds true even before it’s born. Joanna Wolfarth explores “womb milk”, as well as ancient and modern ideas about the placenta.
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Votive offerings / John Gerlitt.
Gerlitt, John.Date: 1939- Digital Images
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Votive offerings: 5 terra cotta model of female breast
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Votive offerings in the form of the face. Apparently terracotta.
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Votive offerings in the form of the scalp. Apparently terracotta.
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Votive offerings in the form of male genitals. Apparently terracotta.