Congo (nation)
Found in 463 Collections and/or Records:
[Flowers], 1939 - 1941
85 x 110 mm. Showing a stem of picked flowers.
Fly boys, Leopoldville [i.e. Kinshasa] 1903, 1903
97 x 74 mm (mounted on card). A view showing a row of African youths equipped with butterfly nets in order to catch tsetse flies for analysis.
Fly boys [Leopoldville i.e. Kinshasa] 1903, 1903
98 X 74 mm. Mounted on card. A view showing fly boys wading across a river, with a European in the centre of the group. They are equipped with butterfly nets and are catching tsetse flies for analysis.
Forest scene on the river, 1921 - 1923
51 x 35.5 mm. Photographer unknown, possibly A.G. Cooke.
Forest scene on the river, 1921 - 1923
51 x 41 mm. More turbulent than Y304P/3. Photographer unknown, possibly A.G. Cooke.
From west to east through Africa
From West to East through Africa
[Full-length portrait], 1934
A caption on the album page reads: 'I met this Orange[?] man in the Eturi forest in the Congo near Mumbasa. He has a wig of monkies hair'. Met on trek from M'bogo to Iruma in Upper Zaire.
[Full-length portrait of a woman], 1934
The caption on the album page reads: 'At Gabrui'.
General view of the Falls, 1922
51 x 41 mm.
General view of the Falls, 1921 - 1923
38 x 30 mm. Photographer unknown, possibly A.G. Cooke.
[Girl], 1939 - 1941
50 x 95 mm. Showing a girl stood posing for the camera.
[Girl playing a stringed instrument.], 1935 - 1936
The caption below the photograph reads: 'The girls at Ekibondo played single stringed instruments like this. It is rather like a bow, and by altering the pressure of the teeth on the wood and twanging at the same time, they could play quite pleasing little ditties. When a number were playing together it was most effective'.
[Girls in the Alumbi country], 1934
Northeastern Zaire.
[Gombe women], 1934
The caption reads: 'My Gombe lady carriers from Burburu to Sikoru wearing grass skirts, which swing like kilts'.
Hair dressing at Ekibondo, 1935 - 1936
The caption at the bottom right-hand corner of the album page continues: 'All the girls were very clever at this, and I saw no one person specializing in the art. I was amazed to see what a mop of hair they have when they have all their plaits combed out. They use only a sharpened bone to work with. On this page there are two different styles of dressing'.
Hair dressing at Ekibondo, 1935 - 1936
The caption at the bottom right-hand corner of the album page continues: 'All the girls were very clever at this, and I saw no one person specializing in the art. I was amazed to see what a mop of hair they have when they have all their plaits combed out. They use only a sharpened bone to work with. On this page there are two different styles of dressing'.
Hair dressing at Ekibondo, 1935 - 1936
The caption at the bottom right-hand corner of the album page continues: 'All the girls were very clever at this, and I saw no one person specializing in the art. I was amazed to see what a mop of hair they have when they have all their plaits combed out. They use only a sharpened bone to work with. On this page there are two different styles of dressing'.
[Head and shoulders portrait], 1934
A caption on the album page reads: 'I met this Orange[?] man in the Eturi forest in the Congo near Mumbasa. He has a wig of monkies hair'. Met on trek from M'bogo to Iruma in Upper Zaire.
[Head and shoulders portrait], 1934
The caption on the album page reads: 'Batwa (pigmies) in the Eturi Forest'.
[Head and shoulders portrait], 1934
The caption on the album page reads: 'Mobira. Near Irumu N.E. Congo'.
[Head and shoulders portrait of a woman], 1934
The caption on the album page reads: 'Mobira. Near Irumu N.E. Congo'.
[Head of a member of the Mangbetu tribe], 1935 - 1936
One of a three photographs showing head shapes. The caption at the bottom of the album page reads: 'Three extremely well shaped Mangbetu heads. (Bottom Bangwa boy.) The scar caused by the binding is very noticeable in the top right photograph [Y304N/53]. All the Mangbetu have this scar'.
[Head of a member of the Mangbetu tribe], 1935 - 1936
One of a three photographs showing head shapes. The caption at the bottom of the album page reads: 'Three extremely well shaped Mangbetu heads. (Bottom Bangwa boy.) The scar caused by the binding is very noticeable in the top right photograph [Y304N/53]. All the Mangbetu have this scar'.
Head of the giant forest hog, a male shot near Poko, Wele District
112 x 157 mm. A view showing the severed head of a giant hog; 'the grotesque whitish eye warts and the characteristic erectness of the bristles of the coat are well seen'. Photograph by C.A. Reid.
The UK Archival Thesaurus has been integrated with our catalogue, thanks to Kings College London and the AIM25 project for their support with this.

