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Hottot's pet monkey Bikoko. In November 1908, while Hottot was away on his third expedition, Bikoko escaped his cage in an incident reported in the local French press: 'Cette semaine toute la police municipale a été mobilisé par un singe.'
Rueil, France. Circa 1909.

Pitt Rivers Museum 1994.62.421

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Source: Philip N. Grover and Christopher Morton, Congo Journey: Photographs and Documents from Robert Hottot's Expedition to Central Africa, 1908-9 [website], (published online September 2005, last updated 8 February 2006) <http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/congojourney>.