Congo (nation)
Found in 446 Collections and/or Records:
Weekly market at Niangara, Wele District, Upper Congo (n.d.)
85 x 60 mm. A view showing the busy market scene at Niangara with goods laid out on the ground in front of the traders.
Weekly market at Niangara, Wele District, Upper Congo (n.d.)
86 x 60 mm. A view showing traders at Niangara seated under the shade of umbrellas in the market square.
Weekly market at Niangara, Wele District, Upper Congo (n.d.)
85 x 61 mm. A view showing market traders at Niangara. Photograph probably by Christy.
Weekly market at Niangara, Wele District, Upper Congo (n.d.)
85 x 61 mm. A view showing market traders at Niangara. Photograph probably by Christy.
Weekly market at Niangara, Wele District, Upper Congo (n.d.)
85 x 60 mm. A view showing a general view of the crowded market place at Niangara. Photograph probably by Christy.
Weekly market at Niangara, Wele District, Upper Congo (n.d.)
85 x 60 mm. A view showing a general view of the crowded market place at Niangara. Photograph probably by Christy.
West Africa, 1930-04 - 1938-06
Newscuttings on West Africa and articles concerning the Cameroons, Congo, Gold Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togoland.
[Woman bathing], 1934
The caption reads: 'While we were washing beside this stream. This girl came and began bathing'.
[Woman carrying baby], 1935 - 1936
The caption below the photograph reads: 'The excessive length of the skull always appears to be more conspicuous in children than adults. With old adults the skulls almost resume their normal proportions. This babies cranium seems to overflow it's binding [sic]'.
[Woman carrying basket], 1935 - 1936
The caption below the photograph reads: 'The few women who wear the tamburu, and who do manual work have specially designed basket to carry their loads [sic]. They cannot carry anything on their heads'.
[Woman of the Mangbetu people], 1935 - 1936
[Woman of the Mangbetu people], 1935 - 1936
Informal head and shoulders portrait. The caption below the photograph reads: 'This is not a tattoo but just a black dye, which can be washed off. This they do frequently (about once a fortnight) and paint on some entirely fresh and crazy design which they have thought of'.
[Woman of the Mangbetu people], 1935 - 1936
Informal head and shoulders portrait. The caption below the photograph reads: 'These faint and numerous cicatrizations represent solely events in her sexual life; such as, - menstruations - husbands - intercourses and childbirths'.
[Woman of the Mangbetu people], 1935 - 1936
Informal head and shoulders portrait. The caption below the photograph reads: 'The best tamburu I saw'.
[Women working on the land], 1935 - 1936
The caption below the photograph reads: 'Sometimes the women wear heavy long grass skirts when they are working on the land. (Taken between Mogo and Medje.)'.
[Young Banandi woman], 1934
The caption on the album page reads: 'Banandi, near Beni, N. Congo'.
Young bull elephant shot in Ituri Forest, 1913, 1913
101 x 79 mm. A view showing a rather thin Cuthbert Christy standing in front of the dead elephant. Christy records that this animal had previously stampeded through his camp kitchen one night, injuring one of his men.
Young bull elephant shot in Ituri Forest, 1913, 1913
101 x 79 mm. A view showing a rather thin Cuthbert Christy standing in front of the dead elephant. Christy records that this animal had previously stampeded through his camp kitchen one night, injuring one of his men.
Young bull elephant shot in Ituri Forest, 1913, 1913
101 x 79 mm. A view showing a rather thin Cuthbert Christy standing in front of the dead elephant. Christy records that this animal had previously stampeded through his camp kitchen one night, injuring one of his men.
Young female Okapi, Ituri, Forest 1913, 1913
100 x 77 mm. A view showing an okapi shot by Christy in the Ituri Forest.
Young Mosambo girl on the banks of the Ubangui, 1934
The caption continues: 'The Mosembo wear shorter skirt than the Gombe'.