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Congo (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 446 Collections and/or Records:

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Little Pigmy, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/246
Scope and Contents

The caption continues: 'He wears a leather pack on his wrist to protect himself from his sharp fibrous bow-string'. In the Ituri Forest, Kivu region, Zaire.

Dates: 1934
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Little Red Aturi buffalo head]

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/259
Scope and Contents

100 x 74 mm. A view showing the severed heads of two buffaloes, probably shot near Avakubi.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Little Red Forest buffalo skull

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/210
Scope and Contents

48 x 85 mm. Marked out for cropping. A view showing the profile of a skull from Pilipili, Ituri Forest. Photograph supplied by the Director of the Musée du Congo Belge.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Little Red Forest Buffalo skull

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/211
Scope and Contents

48 x 85 mm. Marked out for cropping. A view showing the profile of a skull of a buffalo from Mawambi, Ituri Forest. Photograph supplied by the Director of the Musée du Congo Belge.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Little Red Forest buffalo skull

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/213
Scope and Contents

58 x 106 mm. Marked out for cropping. A profile of the skull of a buffalo shot at Mawambi, Ituri Forest. Photograph supplied by the Director of the Musée du Congo Belge.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Little Red Forest buffalo skull

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/214
Scope and Contents

65 x 108 mm. Marked out for cropping. A view showing the profile of a buffalo skull shot at Bokala, Kasai River. Photograph supplied by the Director of the Musée du Congo Belge.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Little Red Forest buffalo skull

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/215
Scope and Contents

48 x 107 mm. Marked out for cropping. A view showing the profile of a buffalo skull shot at Kasenji, Lake Albert. Photograph supplied by the Director of the Musée du Congo Belge.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Little Red Forest buffalo skull

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/216
Scope and Contents

58 x 98 mm. Marked out for cropping. A view showing the profile of a buffalo skull shot at Banzyville, Mubangi River. Photograph supplied by the Director of the Musée du Congo Belge.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Little Red Forest buffalo skull

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/217
Scope and Contents

46 x 98 mm. Marked out for cropping. A view showing the profile of a buffalo skull shot at the Lomani River. Photograph supplied by the Director of the Musée du Congo Belge.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Little Red Forest Buffalo skull

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/218
Scope and Contents

58 x 98 mm. Marked out for cropping. A view showing the profile of a buffalo skull shot at Maurambe, Ituri Forest. Photograph supplied by the Director of the Musée du Congo Belge.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Little Red Forest Buffalo skulls

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/209
Scope and Contents

120 x 87 mm. Marked out for cropping. A view showing the profiles of two skulls and a pair of horns of Congolese buffalo. Photograph supplied by the Director of the Musée du Congo Belge.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Little Red Forest Buffalo skulls

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/212
Scope and Contents

125 x 109 mm. Marked out for cropping. A view showing the profiles of two buffalo skulls shot at Kasinde, Lake Edward and Badambuli, near Lusambo, Sunkuru. Photograph supplied by the Musée du Congo Belge.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Little Red Ituri Buffalo], 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/57
Scope and Contents

87 x 139 mm. A view showing a dead buffalo, its head propped up on a stick, probably taken by A.E.H. Reid in the Belgian Congo.

Dates: 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Lobula fish trap, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/512
Scope and Contents

Showing a man making a fish trap.

Dates: 1934
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Lobula girls kitchen, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/510
Scope and Contents From the File: A collection of photographs on 77 loose sheets. On one sheet, in ink capitals, is written 'Photographs taken between June 18th 1934 - December 1934, in the Lamu Archipelago, Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons, Nigeria, French West Africa.' The majority of the photographs have been captioned by hand, in a difficult handwriting, and some of the names of peoples and places have not been traced in works of reference. The following...
Dates: 1934
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Lobula girls kitchen, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/511
Scope and Contents From the File: A collection of photographs on 77 loose sheets. On one sheet, in ink capitals, is written 'Photographs taken between June 18th 1934 - December 1934, in the Lamu Archipelago, Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons, Nigeria, French West Africa.' The majority of the photographs have been captioned by hand, in a difficult handwriting, and some of the names of peoples and places have not been traced in works of reference. The following...
Dates: 1934
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Lobula men wrestling], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/271
Scope and Contents

The caption on the album page reads: 'Lobula wrestling. One man wears a wig of lions mane'.

Dates: 1934
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Lobula men wrestling], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/272
Scope and Contents

The caption on the album page reads: 'Lobula wrestling. One man wears a wig of lions mane'.

Dates: 1934
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Lobula pottery, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/513
Scope and Contents From the File: A collection of photographs on 77 loose sheets. On one sheet, in ink capitals, is written 'Photographs taken between June 18th 1934 - December 1934, in the Lamu Archipelago, Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons, Nigeria, French West Africa.' The majority of the photographs have been captioned by hand, in a difficult handwriting, and some of the names of peoples and places have not been traced in works of reference. The following...
Dates: 1934
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Lobula woman], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/270
Scope and Contents

Showing a woman preparing produce on a tray on the ground. The caption reads: 'They have metal studded plugs in their ears. And carved wooden trays for making spinach'.

Dates: 1934
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Lobula women at Imese, clearing emergency landing ground for Sabena airline, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/266
Scope and Contents

At Imese on the Ubangi River.

Dates: 1934
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Loga woman in C. Congo who is busy with our washing, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/346
Scope and Contents From the File: A collection of photographs on 77 loose sheets. On one sheet, in ink capitals, is written 'Photographs taken between June 18th 1934 - December 1934, in the Lamu Archipelago, Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons, Nigeria, French West Africa.' The majority of the photographs have been captioned by hand, in a difficult handwriting, and some of the names of peoples and places have not been traced in works of reference. The following...
Dates: 1934
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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['L'Orée de la forêt', painting by Jean Bata, c. 1948], 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/524
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads ''L'orée de la forêt', une oeuvre de Jean Bata. Jean Bata est un peintre originaire du Bas-Congo dont les oeuvres révèlent une nette tendance poétique dans l'interprétation des paysages'. Photograph by Ryelandt (Congopresse).

Dates: 1948
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Lovanium University

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011WW 3/3 Congo
Scope and Contents

A negative of a general view of Lovanium University, Kinshasa. Photographer unknown.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Sub-Series

Lovanium University, Kinshasa, 1969-11 - 1970-06

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011KKK/464-467
Scope and Contents

A series of photographs of the Lovanium University, Kinshasa.

Dates: 1969-11 - 1970-06
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).