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The caption on the album page reads: 'More of my Banana carriers who took me from Gagzou to the Manguem country and back'.

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The caption on the album page reads: 'More of my Banana carriers who took me from Gagzou to the Manguem country and back'.

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The caption on the album page reads: 'Although they wear no clothes except a fongor (skin behind) they are very shy, and the men always hide their private parts between their legs'.

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The caption on the album page reads: 'At Gabrui'.

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Showing a woman from the waist up.

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The caption on the album page reads: 'Batwa (pigmies) in the Eturi Forest'.

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The caption on the album page reads: 'More of my Banana carriers who took me from Gagzou to the Manguem country and back'.

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...

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The caption on the album page reads: 'Lobula huts are more like dog kennels all under one roof. (at Imese)'.

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Showing a crying baby being held by a woman.

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102 x 81 mm. A view showing one of Christy's camps in the Congo. In the foreground one of his servants holds a large elephant tusk towards the camera.

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102 x 81 mm. A view showing one of Christy's camps in the Congo. In the foreground one of his servants holds a large elephant tusk towards the camera.

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102 x 81 mm. A view showing one of Christy's camps in the Congo. In the foreground one of his servants holds a large elephant tusk towards the camera.

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88 x 86 mm. Showing rows of elephant tusks laid out on the roadside.

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80 x 80 mm. Showing rows of elephant tusks laid out on the roadside.

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Showing rows of elephant tusks laid out in the street of an unidentified village.

Scope and Contents A collection of coloured and monochrome postcards (filed with the postcard collection) comprising:1-20 Coloured views of Freetown. Photographer unknown21-28 Monochrome views of Freetown. Published by 'V.C.P.', stamped and postmarked January 12 1903.29-36 Monochrome views (mainly of people of different ethnic origins). Published by 'V. et Cie', stamped and postmarked January 12 1903.37-44 Monochrome views of Freetown. Published by Paris and Co.45-57 Monochrome...

Scope and Contents Showing an African couple performing a European dance. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Si les danses ancestrales, au rhythme du tam-tam, sont encore le délassement favori des indigènes de la brousse, il n'en est plus de même dans los grands centres où la population évoluante n'a pas tardé à adopter, dans ce domaine comme dans beaucoup d'autres, les habitudes européennes. C'est ainsi qu'à Léopoldville, le 4 décembre 1948, quatre orchestres et une vingtaine de couples de...

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Head and shoulders portrait of of Jean Bata, Congolese painter. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Originnaire du Bas-Congo, Jean Bata est un peintre congolais dont les oeuvres révèlent une nette tendance poétique dans l'interprétation des paysages'. Photograph by A. Da Cruz (Congopresse).

Scope and Contents 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 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...

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139 x 85 mm. Frederick Tymms standing on a beach.

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120 x 90 mm. A view of the lake and hardened lava on the far side.

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Views of the crater of Nyamaragira, an active volcano to the north of Lake Kivu, Zaire.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads ''L'Île', 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).