Africa Gallery

Titi et Naranghe, filles due chef Eki Bondo (Haut Ouelle) (L'une d'

3251591 Titi et Naranghe, filles due chef Eki Bondo (Haut Ouelle) (L'une d'une mere Mangbetou, l'autre d'une mere Matchaga), from Dessins et Peintures d'Afrique, executes au cours de l'expedition Citroen Centre Afrique, deuxieme mission Haardt Audouin-Dubreuil, pub. Paris, 1927 (colour litho) by Yakovlev, Alexander (1887-1938); Private Collection; (add.info.: Titi and Naranghe, daughters of Chief Ekibondo; One mother is from the Mangbetou Tribe, the other from the Matchaga tribe; Louis Audouin-Dubreuil (1887 - 1960); Georges-Marie Haardt (1884 - 1932);); The Stapleton Collection; Russian, out of copyright

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The Hottentot Venus, Bushman woman, from L'Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes'

CHT163190 The Hottentot Venus, Bushman woman, from L'Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes by Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844) and Frederic Cuvier (1773-1838), 1824 (colour litho) by Last, Carel Christian Anthony (1808-76); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; (add.info.: La Venus Hottentote, femme de race Bochiman; Saartjie Baartman (d.1816) shown as a freak in the fairs; her skeleton is in Musee de l'Homme, Paris and is asked for restitution by South Africa;); A© Archives Charmet; French, out of copyright

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A Convoy on the Marchand Mission in 1898, from Le Petit Journal

CHT169408 A Convoy on the Marchand Mission in 1898, from Le Petit Journal, 1899 (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: un convoi en mouvement sur la route Congo-Nil; en avant une forge et un chaland metallique; Marchand and his team marched across Central Africa to prevent British from linking Sudan to Uganda and claim more land for France;); A© Archives Charmet; French, out of copyright

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