Mounted photographs, 1911-1912

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MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 17 / B1 (items 1-11)

Black and white mounted photographs captioned as follows:

(1) man walking up Borassus palm by means of loop of forest cane
(2) tree ferns, Ikelemba forest
(3) cotton grown in Catumbella, Angola
(4) Congo tree which bears fruit on its trunk
(5) Mr. Harris in bamboo avenue at Lisala, Stanley Falls District
(6) birds' nest and grass from the Kasai
(7) palm tree in grip of parasite, Kasai River
(8) red blossom on trunk of tree, Kasai forest
(9) flowering palm at Lukolela, upper Congo
(10) parasite which grips the palm tree – in its early stages
(11) elephant plant in dry season
(12) a field of white water-lilies, Maringa River
(13) a Congo forest fruit, considered by the natives to resemble the imported pineapple, to which they give the same name
(14) acacia avenue at Barumba on main Congo. Opposite mouth of the Aruwimi
(15) a bunch of young bananas with edible purple seed lobe
(16) henequen plant on roadside of San Thomé
(17) palm in grip of parasite
(18) young Borassus palm at Leopoldville
(19) a bowl of white water-lilies, Maringa
(20) a mango tree with fruit Leopoldville

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MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 17 / B1 (items 1-11)

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