A head and shoulders portrait. Upper Zaire.

Upper Zaire.

The full caption reads: 'A Gombe man near Sikoru, in the Giri Swamp who had the misfortune to burn off his lower jaw by smoking himself unconscious with 'has[h]ish' and falling forwards into a fire'.

The caption continues: 'Like the Ayancha frames'.

Between the Ubangi and Congo (Zaire) rivers (formerly the Belgian Congo). The caption on the album page reads: 'The Giri Swamps lie between the Ubangui and the Congo Rivers. A greater part of the swamp is flooded primeval forest'.

70 x 125 mm. Showing a woman with a baby in a sling on her back.

90 x 110 mm. Showing a family group stood in the road. The woman has a baby in a sling on her back and a basket on her head.

80 x 130 mm. Showing a group stood amongst the foliage.

85 x 130 mm. Head and shoulders portrait.

80 x 130 mm. Head and shoulders portrait.

The caption reads: 'My Gombe lady carriers from Burburu to Sikoru wearing grass skirts, which swing like kilts'.

Showing Powell's canoe being unloaded on the shore of the Ubangi River.

Between the Ubangi and Congo (Zaire) rivers (formerly the Belgian Congo). The caption reads: 'Two days through flooded forest pushing our little canoes through the undergrowth, and under roots of huge trees'.

Between the Ubangi and Congo (Zaire) rivers (formerly the Belgian Congo). The caption reads: 'A few square feet of damp soil where I spent the night'.

Showing canoes being loaded or unloaded. The caption on the album page reads: 'The Giri Swamps lie between the Ubangui and the Congo Rivers. A greater part of the swamp is flooded primeval forest'.

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

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

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

At Imese on the Ubangi River.

In profile. The caption reads: 'Taken with a patrol light, old man in Congo Forest near Ukaturaka. He has crocodile tooth necklace'.

The caption on the album page reads: 'The Giri Swamps lie between the Ubangui and the Congo Rivers. A greater part of the swamp is flooded primeval forest'.

Showing the Giri River. Between the Ubangi and Congo (Zaire) rivers (formerly the Belgian Congo).

The caption on the album page reads: 'The Mosembo grass skirt, taken at Batanga on Ubangui River, Belgian Congo [i.e. Congo]. Some of the younger girls put on as many as six and get a full ballet skirt effect'.

The caption continues: 'Some of the younger girls put on as many as six and get a full ballet skirt effect'.

Carrying Powell's baggage from Buburu to Sikoru on the Ubangi River. The caption continues: 'The men are much too lazy to make good carriers'.