Congo Collection (page 8)

Different methods of travelling in Congo. (engraving)
816387 Different methods of travelling in Congo. (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Different methods of travelling in Congo)

Nkisi (wood, iron & glass)
622543 Nkisi (wood, iron & glass) by Congolese; 49.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Such objects are associated with the Yombe people)

Molende, la Mangbetou, from Dessins et Peintures d Afrique
3251601 Molende, la Mangbetou, from Dessins et Peintures d Afrique, executes au cours de l expedition Citroen Centre Afrique, deuxieme mission Haardt Audouin-Dubreuil, pub

Uru, la Mangbeou (Niangara) haut Ouelle, from Dessins et Peintures d Afrique
3251592 Uru, la Mangbeou (Niangara) haut Ouelle, from Dessins et Peintures d Afrique, executes au cours de l expedition Citroen Centre Afrique, deuxieme mission Haardt Audouin-Dubreuil, pub

Africa, Congo (engraving)
2786830 Africa, Congo (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Africa, Congo. Illustration for Chatterbox (1881). Digitally cleaned image.); © Look and Learn

Aventures Perilleuses De Narcisse Nicaise Au Congo (engraving)
2783316 Aventures Perilleuses De Narcisse Nicaise Au Congo (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aventures Perilleuses De Narcisse Nicaise Au Congo)

Leopold II, King of the Belgians (engraving)
2789435 Leopold II, King of the Belgians (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leopold II, King of the Belgians. Leopold II, Roi Des Belges)

Map of the region of Africa explored by the Marchand Expedition (colour litho)
2818941 Map of the region of Africa explored by the Marchand Expedition (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

African conventions (litho)
2818530 African conventions (litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: African conventions. Colonial treaties and rivalries over the Congo. Les conventions Africaines)

A keeper holds Freckles, a Black Crested or Congo Mangabey, London Zoo
2960019 A keeper holds Freckles, a Black Crested or Congo Mangabey, London Zoo, 1924 (b/w photo) by Bond, Frederick William (1887-1942)

Man and woman of Congo, Africa, 1818
Man and woman of Congo or Lower Guinea, Africa, 1818. The man wears a conical hat, and the woman a striped shawl and skirt

Man and woman of Cacongo, on the coast of Loango, 1818. (Angola, West Africa). The man carries a small round wooden boat on his back, and another man climbs a palm tree behind him

Scenes from Adventures of Congo, 1823
Enslaved person Congo telling his story to Mr. Cooper 17, and a beggar threatening Congo in livery on the back of a coach in Cork 18

Nkisi Spiritual Figure (wood, clay, textile & feathers) (see also 181654)
HSC181653 Nkisi Spiritual Figure (wood, clay, textile & feathers) (see also 181654) by Congolese; height:38 cm; Private Collection; Photo eHeini Schneebeli; African, out of copyright

Mask (wood & fibre) (see also 181648)
HSC181649 Mask (wood & fibre) (see also 181648) by Congolese; height:46 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: masks used in intitiation ceremonies; possibly for use in circumcision ceremony;)

L Plate au beurre, number 199, Satirique en couleurs, 1905_3_11: Colonization
ICA4901726 L Plate au beurre, number 199, Satirique en couleurs, 1905_3_11: Colonization, America, Anticolonialism, Alcohol Alcoholism - Black

Congo, central Africa (engraving, 1596)
LRI4718611 Congo, central Africa (engraving, 1596) by Mercator, Gerardus (1512-94); Private Collection; (add.info.: Abissinorum sive Pretiosi Ioannis Imperiu, 1632: Congo)

Portrait of Savorgnan de Brazza, circa 1889, photo by Nadar. a
LSE4402441 Portrait of Savorgnan de Brazza, circa 1889, photo by Nadar.A by Nadar (Gaspard Felix Tournachon) (1820-1910); Private Collection; (add.info.: Portrait of Savorgnan de Brazza, circa 1889)

Ganga, magicien medecin du Congo - in "Encyclopedie des voyages"
LSE4082047 Ganga, magicien medecin du Congo - in " Encyclopedie des voyages" by Grasset Saint Sauveur, ed. Paris 1796 by Grasset de Saint-Sauveur

Yaka helmet mask (animal & vegetable fibres, wood and raffia)
1123897 Yaka helmet mask (animal & vegetable fibres, wood and raffia) by Congolese; height: 65 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; African, out of copyright

Suku helmet mask (animal & vegetable fibres, wood and raffia)
1123895 Suku helmet mask (animal & vegetable fibres, wood and raffia) by Congolese; height: 61 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; African, out of copyright

Construction of the canoe Livingstone, Congo (litho)
5997085 Construction of the canoe Livingstone, Congo (litho) by Spanish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Construction of the canoe Livingstone, Congo)

Punch cartoon: Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh journalist and explorer (engraving)
6034944 Punch cartoon: Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh journalist and explorer (engraving) by Sambourne, Edward Linley (1844-1910) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon)

Leopold II and his daughter 1904. (litho)
3943192 Leopold II and his daughter 1904. (litho) by Ostoya, Georges d (Dochinsky or Sochinsky) (1878-1937); Private Collection; (add.info)

Henry Morton Stanley (etching)
815682 Henry Morton Stanley (etching) by Herkomer, Hubert von (1849-1914) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sir Henry Morton Stanley born John Rowlands (1841-1904)

Flywhisk handle, c. 1850 (ivory)
622537 Flywhisk handle, c.1850 (ivory) by Congolese School, (19th century); 13.3 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Probably Yombe.); eMichael Graham-Stewart; African, out of copyright

Nkisi Spiritual Figure (wood, clay, textile & feathers) (see also 181653)
HSC181654 Nkisi Spiritual Figure (wood, clay, textile & feathers) (see also 181653) by Congolese; height:38 cm; Private Collection; Photo eHeini Schneebeli; African, out of copyright

Ann Sothern in a Dolly Tree gown from Congo Maisie (1940) Date: 1940

Ann Sothern in Congo Maisie wearing a Dolly Tree costume
Ann Sothern in Congo Maisie (1940) wearing a Dolly Tree costume Date: 1940

View of Jean-Baptiste Douvilles camp on the Congo River at the village of Quitumba, Angola. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Jean-Baptiste Douville from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Warriors of the Kongo with weapons and battle instruments (bow, arrow, drum and percussion instrument). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Audience of the Dutch with Garcia II of Kongo, 1642. The large red velvet throne was embroidered with Don Alvaro King of Kongo

Costume of the King of the Kongo
Costumes of the King of the Kongo, and a noble man. They wear hats with brims, and carry scimitars. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

African grey parrot and green parakeet
African grey parrot, Psittacus erithacus, and green parakeet, Psittacara holochlora. Handcoloured lithograph from Th. Lejeunes Complete Works of Buffon, Oeuvres Completes de Buffon, Brussels, 1837

Nkisi (wood, iron & glass)
622542 Nkisi (wood, iron & glass) by Congolese; 49.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Such objects are associated with the Yombe people)

The Congo from Musaka (engraving)
2813379 The Congo from Musaka (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Congo from Musaka)

Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi), early-mid-19th century (wood, metal, glass, fabric, fibre
2968782 Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi), early-mid-19th century (wood, metal, glass, fabric, fibre, cowrie shell, bone, leather, gourd, & feather) by Congolese School

An elephant pulling a plough in the French Congo (colour litho)
2779682 An elephant pulling a plough in the French Congo (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An elephant pulling a plough in the French Congo)

Leopold II pictured with a court judge, policeman, military general and priest, 1904
3666859 Leopold II pictured with a court judge, policeman, military general and priest, 1904. (litho) by Ostoya, Georges d (Dochinsky or Sochinsky) (1878-1937); Private Collection; (add.info)

Leopold II, King of the Belgians (colour litho)
3639644 Leopold II, King of the Belgians (colour litho) by Gill, Andre (1840-85); Private Collection; (add.info.: Leopold II (1835-1909), King of the Belgians

Napudre, femme de Tuba (Niangara) Haut Ouelle, from Dessins et Peintures d Afrique
3251595 Napudre, femme de Tuba (Niangara) Haut Ouelle, from Dessins et Peintures d Afrique, executes au cours de l expedition Citroen Centre Afrique, deuxieme mission Haardt Audouin-Dubreuil, pub

Tuba, chef Matchaga (Niangara (haut Ouelle), from Dessins et Peintures d Afrique
3251590 Tuba, chef Matchaga (Niangara (haut Ouelle), from Dessins et Peintures d Afrique, executes au cours de l expedition Citroen Centre Afrique, deuxieme mission Haardt Audouin-Dubreuil, pub

Queen Astrid steamer on the Congo River
Page from The Sphere reporting on the steam Queen Astrid, one of the flagships of the Congo River. It was timber-burning and made two trips up river every month. Date: 1953

Tribeswoman with headdress, French Congo, Central Africa
Tribeswoman with elaborate headdress, French Congo, Central Africa. Date: 1922

Tribesman playing tattoo, French Congo, Central Africa
Tribesman playing a tattoo on a percussion instrument to welcome a guest, French Congo, Central Africa. Date: 1922

Pygmy hunters of the Welle, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Six pygmy hunters of the Welle district, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. Shown standing in a row, aiming their poison arrows. Date: 1922

Trumpeter of the Mangbetu, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Trumpeter of the Mangbettu (Mangbetu) court, holding his carved horn modelled from an ivory tusk, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. Date: 1922

Tribal chief, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
A tribal chief of the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. His beard is several feet long, but is generally kept plaited and coiled tightly under his chin. Date: 1922

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"Exploring the Enchanting Congo: A Journey through Cartoons, Punches, and Prayers" Step into the time machine and travel back to 1906 when Congo's vibrant culture was captured in captivating cartoons. From Lumumbashi's Malachite mines to Brazzaville's Muslim prayer beads, every corner of this African gem holds a unique story. In the heart of lush grasslands, witness a playful scene as a Pygmy Bonobo Chimpanzee munches on leaves. Its mischievous eyes reveal a world full of curiosity and wonder. Meet Madimba, the pipe-smoking lady from Congo who exudes strength and resilience. Her presence is an ode to the indomitable spirit that runs deep within Congolese women. As you venture further, be prepared to encounter The Shoebill - Balaeniceps rex or Shoe-Billed Stork - an extraordinary creature with its distinctive bill resembling footwear. This majestic bird will leave you spellbound with its gracefulness. Marvel at the Giant Baobab Tree standing tall in Central Africa's Congo. Its ancient branches tell tales of generations past while providing shelter for those seeking solace under its mighty canopy. Discover EXPL2A-00366 - Congos Artwork that transcends boundaries and captures emotions like no other medium can. Each stroke tells a story waiting to be unraveled by curious minds. Witness Basenji being carried delicately by loving hands; their bond symbolizes companionship beyond words. These loyal creatures bring joy wherever they go with their infectious energy. Spotting Milky Monkey swinging effortlessly through trees brings sheer delight as they playfully leap from branch to branch, reminding us all not to take life too seriously but instead embrace our inner childlike spirit. Finally, catch sight of the elusive Striped Okapi blending seamlessly into its surroundings – nature’s masterpiece painted in stripes that mesmerize anyone lucky enough to witness its beauty.