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Houses in the port town of Matadi on the Congo River. A stringed musical instrument, two rattles made of polished seed pods, and two bells collected by Hottot in 1906.
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. Robert Hottot’s son Hubert photographed during a summer holiday in Provence.
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Kaba women photographed by Hottot wearing their lip plugs; another photograph shows the women with the wooden discs removed.
Guelebom village, Chad. 24 August 1908.

Pitt Rivers Museum 1994.62.159.2

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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>.