N.N.TRIP 1924-26.

NN Trip 1924/26. Chad Equatorial. Oubangi River. Kodak VII. 2 Musicians. These two are playing their instruments. The picture provides visual documentation of the instruments, and how they were played. In the commentary Malcolm the assistant curator refers to them as travelling minstrals.




N.N 1924-26. Chad Equatorial. River Oubangai. BinocII.17.Market Director. This man looked important, he was, he ran the market place.




NN 1924-26. Chad Equatorial. River Oubangai.Binoc VIII. 2.Market Place. A busy market scene, lots of people and animals, not obviously aware of the camera.





NN 1924-26. Chad Equatorial. River Oubangai. Binoc VIII. 4. Market Place 2.A market scene showing a group of women preparing to carry pots on their heads.




N.N. Trip 1924-26 Chad Equatorial. River Oubangai. Binoc III. 17. Laden Cow. In the store rooms of the museum some examples of these wooden boxes can be found, they have been used to transport skins and skeletons.





N.N 1924-26. Chad Equatorial River Oubangai. Binoc XVI 12.Maj P.C. and Glaxo. Major Powell-Cotton in the field, with a tin of Glaxo, baby powder from England, next to a fertility doll from Africa amongst the eating utensils on the table.



Link to other P-C expeditions:-

B.E.A. 1902-03.html

Cameroons 1931-32.html

Congo Trip 1.html


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