Congo (nation)
Found in 446 Collections and/or Records:
[The Mosembo grass skirt], 1934
As worn by Mosambo women. The caption reads: 'They are dyed and smoked jet black'.
The Mosembo grass skirt, taken at Batanga on Ubangui River, Belgian Congo [i.e. Congo], 1934
The caption continues: 'Some of the younger girls put on as many as six and get a full ballet skirt effect'.
The Negbanzi trumpet, 1935 - 1936
The negbanzi [trumpet] as it is blown, 1935 - 1936
The negbe as worn by Marire, 1935 - 1936
The Semliki river, 1939 - 1941
115 x 85 mm. General view. There is a river boat made out of a hollowed out tree trunk beside the bank.
The square-lipped or white rhinoceros, Bodjo, Upper Wele, Congo, 1915, 1915
95 x 74 mm. A view showing a white rhinoceros shot by Christy in order to capture its calf for the Antwerp Zoological Gardens.
The square-lipped or white rhinoceros, Bodjo, Upper Wele, Congo, 1915, 1915
95 x 74 mm. A view showing a white rhinoceros shot by Christy in order to capture its calf for the Antwerp Zoological Gardens.
The square-lipped or white rhinoceros, Bodjo, Upper Wele, Congo, 1915, 1915
95 x 74 mm. A view showing a white rhinoceros shot by Christy in order to capture its calf for the Antwerp Zoological Gardens.
The Stanley Falls fisheries at Stanleyville [i.e. Kisangani] 1912-14, 1912 - 1914
The Stanley Falls fisheries at Stanleyville [i.e. Kisangani] 1912-14, 1912 - 1914
99 x 75 mm. A view showing the wooden stagings of the fish traps. Photograph probably by Christy.
The Stanley Falls fisheries at Stanleyville [i.e. Kisangani] 1912-14, 1912 - 1914
99 x 75 mm. A view showing the wooden stagings of the fish traps. Photograph probably by Christy.
The Stanley Falls fisheries at Stanleyville [i.e. Kisangani] 1912-14, 1912 - 1914
98 x 75 mm. A view showing a section of the fisheries, with Africans seated on the rocks in the foreground.
The Stanley Falls fisheries at Stanleyville [i.e. Kisangani] 1912-14, 1912 - 1914
96 x 73 mm. A view showing a section of the fisheries, with Africans seated on the rocks in the foreground.
The Sultani of Ekibondo's head wife, 1935 - 1936
The tamburu as seen from behind, 1935 - 1936
The caption below the photograph continues: 'It is collapsable [sic] like an opera hat'.
These four are some of Niapu's wives who have the tamburu, 1935 - 1936
This little pigmy family came and sat down and watched us breakfast, 1934
In the Ituri Forest, Kivu region, Zaire.
Th[r]ough bamboo forests on the road to Bondo. (North Congo), 1934
[Traffic controller at N'Dele Station, Congo, 1940s], 1940 - 1949
Showing a trafficcontroller employed by Otrace (Office d'Exploitation des Transports Coloniaux) speaking into the telephone from his office at N'Dele. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Dans le cabine de 'dispatching' de la Station de N'Dele, à Léopoldville, voici un des employés indigènes de l'Otrace (Office d'Exploitation des Transports Coloniaux) qui contrôlent le trafic sur le chemin de fer de Matadi'. Photograph by A. Da Cruz.
Tree ferns, 1939 - 1941
105 x 85 mm. A general view of the foliage.
Tree-Frog's nest on a Phrynium leaf, Ituri Forest, (n.d.)
101 x 79 mm. A view showing frog's nest on the upper side of the leaf. The caption on the reverse of the print reads 'Eggs hatched in mass of white froth high above streams. The frothy mass is their means of protection. When tadpoles sufficiently developed they fall off into the water beneath'.
Tree-Frog's nest on a Phrynium leaf, Ituri Forest, (n.d.)
94 x 76 mm. A view showing frog's nest on the upper side of the leaf. The caption on the reverse of the print reads 'Eggs hatched in mass of white froth high above streams. The frothy mass is their means of protection. When tadpoles sufficiently developed they fall off into the water beneath'.
[Two girl mourners], 1935 - 1936
The typed below the photograph reads: 'These two girls obviously had some connection with the deceased, and were waiting about round the grave with painted faces, and hang dog expressions'.
[two illegible words] in the Bwamba country, 1934
On the western slopes of the Ruwenzori mountains.