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A wart-hog killed by Bangala hunters. A pair of iron riding anklets, used as spurs by horsemen of the Sara tribe, collected by Hottot at Fort Archambault in August 1908.
Map of the Kanem region north-east of Lake Chad, drawn by Robert Hottot at Mao on 26 November 1908. Hottot’s fiancée Renée Aine at the temple of Prah Khan near the Angkor complex.
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A local auxiliary soldier showing skulls taken from a hut to Lieutenant Mourin. The expedition had an armed escort in hostile areas.
Boganga village, Oubangui-Chari. 19 May 1908.

Pitt Rivers Museum 1998.62.68.2

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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>.