Labor Father
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Medical instrument of the indigenous to facilitate birth. As soon as labor begins, the instrument is warmed up and well oiled, then inserted into the mother's vagina, to widen the birth canal for the passage of the child. The procedure is repeated multiple times until birth is completed.
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Labor father [original: ""Gebärvater""] (Lario). Medical instrument of the indigenous, made from clay to, facilitate birth. As soon as labor begins, the instrument is warmed up and well oiled, then inserted into the mother's vagina, to widen the birth canal for the passage of the child. The procedure is repeated multiple times until birth is completed.
Form of a fish; entire length 25 cm, perimeter 22 cm, width at the back 12 cm
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He entered the silk company of his uncle, G. Thomann-Bolleter as a young man. After his apprenticeship, he moved to Manila where he worked for the trading house Lutz & Cie. He later opened his own company. For 37 years, he moved between Zurich and Manila, living intermittently in both places. From 1888 to 1910, he acted as honorary consul for Switzerland in the Philippines.
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