Scope and Contents From the File: A collection of photographs on 41 album sheets. Typed on a piece of paper stuck on one album sheet is: 'ALBUM 2. All the photographs in this album were taken by me, on a safari from Victoria (B. Cameroons) to Port Sudan. This journey lasted from April 7/35 till August 2/36. The photographs are of anthropological interest only, and deal mostly with the Mangbetu tribe in the northern Congo; the Karamojong in Northern Uganda, and various tribes in the southern Sudan. I was using only a...

Scope and Contents Showing a carving of two heads made by Futi Daniel of Tshikay. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Originaire du village du Tshikay, non loin de la côte Atlantique, Futi Daniel est un sculpteur congolais de talent.Après avoir reçu à la mission de Moanda les leçons d'un artiste européen, le P. Van den Houdt, il s'est mis à produire une série de figures d'inspiration et de style variés.Voici une de ses oeuvres: 'Enfance''.Photograph by J. Mulders...

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The caption to the left of the photograph reads: 'A carving representing Madamu, which was given to me at Ekibondo, and was the cause of much amusement'.

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Showing workers welding a section of decorative cast-iron work in the Dardenne factory at Leopoldville. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Le montage d'une grille en fer fergé aux ateliers Dardenne, à Léopoldville. (1947)'. Photograph by A. Da Cruz.

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74 x 100 mm (mounted on card). A view showing a young African boy suffering from sleeping sickness and clutching his head in pain. The boy's name is Kondolo and is case CII in the expedition report as explained in the introduction to this collection.

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119 x 88 mm. A view showing an African squatting behind a buffalo killed by Christy in the Lamami Valley. The location is possibly the Lomami River valley in Congo.

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The caption below the photograph continues: 'Badidi gave me his house for the night, when my carriers ran away and left me'.

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75 x 100 mm. Head and shoulders portrait.

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70 x 100 mm. Showing a girl and a boy stood outside the opening of what appears to be a low hut or shelter made from the surrounding vegetation.

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The caption reads: 'Lobula womans tummy design'.

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...

Scope and Contents A collection of photographs on 41 album sheets. Typed on a piece of paper stuck on one album sheet is: 'ALBUM 2. All the photographs in this album were taken by me, on a safari from Victoria (B. Cameroons) to Port Sudan. This journey lasted from April 7/35 till August 2/36. The photographs are of anthropological interest only, and deal mostly with the Mangbetu tribe in the northern Congo; the Karamojong in Northern Uganda, and various tribes in the southern Sudan. I was using only a...

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170 x 118 mm. A view showing a group of Africans seated on the ground in front of a row of huts. Photograph probably by Cuthbert Christy.

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118 x 170 mm. A half length portrait of a Congolese woman showing the symmetrical decorative raised scars on belly and chest. Photograph probably by Cuthbert Christy.

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118 x 169 mm. A half-length portrait of two Congolese women showing different patterns of decorative scarring on belly and chest. Photograph probably by Cuthbert Christy.

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187 x 241 mm. A view showing a Congolese youth with very large open sores on face and body. Disease unidentified. Photograph probably by Cuthbert Christy.

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181 x 233 mm. A view showing a Congolese youth with very large open sores on face and body. Disease unidentified. Photograph probably by Cuthbert Christy.

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100 x 80 mm. Showing five young female dancers in a line.

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...

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Showing cotton being laid out on raised wooden platforms to dry. Upper Zaire.

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Showing a canoe being loaded.

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The caption below the photograph continues: 'The palms are full of weaver birds nests'.

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The caption below the photograph reads: 'Crudely worked brass rings worn round the ankles of the better class women, Chief's daughters and favourite wives. These are becoming rare now owing to the increasing sale of European goods. (Taken at Megrindra.)'.

Scope and Contents Showing electric welding of oil drums in the factory of La Société Coloniale de la Tôle (Socotole) in Leopoldville. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'La Société Coloniale de la Tôle (Socotole), filiale de la Société Anonyme des Pétroles au Congo (Petrocongo), produit dans son usine de Léopoldville les fûts métalliques nécesssaires pour le transport des carburants dans la colonie.Voici une soudeuse électrique; cette machine assemble les deux bords de la tôle, découpée et...

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At Gangala na Bodio, near the Garamba National Park, Zaire. The caption reads: 'Monsieur Otterman giving each one [elephant] a small cake of salt after the morning parade'.