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The three expedition members beside the Ubangi River. 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. Robert Hottot’s son Hubert photographed during a summer holiday in Provence.
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A giraffe shot by Hottot near Boo village.
Chad. 6 September 1908.

Pitt Rivers Museum 1994.62.163.2

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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>.