Mounted photographs, 1911-1912
File
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 17 / B14
25 black and white mounted photographs captioned as follows:
- (1) twins fetish at Bopoto, upper Congo
- (2) scene below the cataracts at Stanley Pool
- (3) hunting fetish in village behind Bopoto. Upper Congo
- (4) palm oil light in ruined church, San Thomé, said to have been burning for centuries. Bottles of oil for fuel are gifts of the people
- (5) witch doctor at Bopoto, upper Congo
- (6) native trader and family at Landana
- (7) Baluba women in market at Ibanshe, Kasai
- (8) native style of hairdressing, Kasai
- (9) elephantiasis in breast and foot. Kasai
- (10) sleeping sickness patient with his mother at the Lazarette, Coquilhatville
- (11) head-binding of infant, Bangala district. Upper Congo
- (12) Senegalese family at Gabon, French Congo
- (13) Zappo Zap woman at Ibanshe, Kasai
- (14) trees uprooted and planted upside down as memorials to the dead. Custom of Bakete, Kasai District
- (15) modern fetish house, near Accra, Gold Coast
- (16) fetish in village near Leubo, upper Kasai
- (17) fetish house, or wayside chapel, containing crucifix, S[an] Thomé
- (18) hunting fetish at bashishombe, Kasai District
- (19) state doctor examining blood of sleeping sickness patient in laboratory at Coquilhatville, upper Congo
- (20) coloured missionaries from Jamaica and the Southern States of America, who are evangelising their own people in Africa
- (21) priests on Eloby Island, with their native lads
- (22) Mr. and Mrs. Harris with Dr. Anet and group of missionaries at Yalemba, Stanley Falls District
- (23) Lulua woman, Kasai
- (24) native slaver with slave on either hand. Found on board S. S. Sapele on which Mr. and Mrs. Harris travelled to Angola.
- (25) Bashilele women, Kasai
Dates
- Creation: 1911-1912
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 17 / B14
Repository Details
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