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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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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100 x 74 mm. A view showing the severed heads of two buffaloes, probably shot near Avakubi.

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The caption on the album page continues: 'The first time I visited the village she was wearing the ekoki, and a wealth of ivory bangles. When I came back about nine months later I found that she had been 'defrocked', but just as cheerful as ever'.

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The caption on the album page continues: 'The first time I visited the village she was wearing the ekoki, and a wealth of ivory bangles. When I came back about nine months later I found that she had been 'defrocked', but just as cheerful as ever'.

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The caption on the album page continues: 'The first time I visited the village she was wearing the ekoki, and a wealth of ivory bangles. When I came back about nine months later I found that she had been 'defrocked', but just as cheerful as ever'.

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The caption reads: 'Also in the Congo. Between M'bogo (Semliki Valley) and Iruma'.

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The caption reads: 'Also in the Congo. Between M'bogo (Semliki Valley) and Iruma'.

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Portrait of a young woman.

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 below the photograph reads: 'Marire also lives at Ekibondo. Her skin is pale brown, and she has a most cheerful temperment [sic]. She has the same facial tatoos [sic] as Mora, an Ambudu girl at Legu I think she belongs to that tribe'.

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The caption to the right of the photograph reads: 'Marire leads a most carefree life, and could always be found comfortably stretched out watching the zombi cooking, or telling naughty stories to her girl friends'.

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 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 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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135 x 85 mm. Showing three people with plates in their lips.

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Showing a car , bed and tables by the side of a road. Upper Zaire, Christmas 1934.

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The caption below the photograph reads: 'Ekibondo and the rest house I stayed in. This was built in honour of the Prince of Wales visit [sic]'.

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Close-up view of a butterfly. The caption reads: 'Caught at Bondo on the banks of the Uele River, N. Belgian Congo. (Dec. 27) The largest butterfly in Africa. Wing span measuring 9 inches'.

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130 x 95 mm. General view.

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Showing a man in a large canoe on a river. Near the western slopes of the Ruwenzori mountains.

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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95 x 74 mm. A view showing a white rhinoceros shot by Christy in order to capture its calf for the Antwerp Zoological Gardens.