Mounted photographs

Title

Mounted photographs

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 17 / B7

Summary

19 black and white mounted photographs captioned as follows:

(1) road clearing by women, Kasai – Sankuru District

(2) the mutilated lad, Impongi, teaching boys of his village to read and write

(3) mother of the mutilated lad, Impongi. Background shews [sic] house barricaded against nightly prowls of leopards

(4) procession of native dancers in honour of white men's visit to their village, Bolima Districts, upper Congo

(5) group of native musicians, Juapa River, upper Congo

(6) girls being trained by coloured lady at Luebo, Kasai

(7) Mr. Harris showing portrait of the late Lord Monkswell to Bakuba natives, upper Kasai

(8) one of the Congo state chefferies with his wives

(9) coloured lady with native girls in training at Luebo, Kasai

(10) Mr. Harris shewing [sic] portrait of the late Lord Monkswell to Kasai natives

(11) Bible Society's depot, Accra

(12) grave of George Grenfell at Bosoko, with his native attendant

(13) crowd at Yalemba, awaiting arrival of the S. S. Endeavour

(14) grave of George Grenfell at Bosoko, with his native attendant

(15) man smoking pipe made of calabash. Kasai River

(16) a Sunday school on the Kasai

(17) Mr. Harris shewing portrait of Dr. Thomas Hodgkin to Bakuba natives, upper Kasai

(18) group of girls being trained by Catholic sisters at Landana

(19) Kroo boys feeding on a West African steamer

Date

1911-1912

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box