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Old male bongo shot on the Itimbiri River, Upper Congo (n.d.)

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/224

Scope and Contents

127 x 91 mm. Screen print showing a bongo shot by C.A. Reid lying by the roadside. 'The white forehead band and cheek spots, the white horn tips, the dorsal fringe, the mottled ears and the tufted ox-like tail are all well seen'. Photograph by C.A. Reid.

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Good condition.

Existence and Location of Copies

Y304A/224-225 are prints of the same photograph.

Bibliography

This appears as Figure 92 in: Christy, Cuthbert (1924). Big game and Pygmies: experiences of a naturalist in Central African forests in quest of the Okapi, London: Macmillan, facing page 210.

General

SG.

Originator(s)

Reid, C A, fl 1914

Finding aid date

2004-01-16 14:17:19+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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