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A wart-hog killed by Bangala hunters. A stringed musical instrument, two rattles made of polished seed pods, and two bells collected by Hottot in 1906.
A postcard sent by Hottot to his address in Rueil, a practice adopted which alerted those at home to the traveller’s whereabouts and provided Hottot himself with a souvenir of the voyage. Walking on the Great Wall of China.
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An envelope used for a letter from Edmond Perrier, director of the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, showing Robert Hottot's addresses in Paris and Rueil.

Pitt Rivers Museum, Manuscript Collections, Hottot Papers 3/69

 

 

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>.