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Mounted photographs

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 17 / B14

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Title

Mounted photographs

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MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 17 / B14

Summary

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

Date

1911-1912

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box

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Archive of the Anti-Slavery Society

Papers of the Anti-Slavery Society (original accession)

Mounted photographs

Mounted photographs

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