Head wife of Chief Abiembali: Mayogo Tribe, Ituri District. Beneath the small, square-topped hat of woven vegetable fiber, she wears a sort of skull-cap adorned with hundreds of dogs' teeth, mostly canines. Th Mehr
Queen Nenzima of The Mangbetu. AMNH negative No. 111806
Side view portrait of Okondo, Chief of the Mangbetu. Locale: Okondo's Village, Congo Belge. Image No: 111788
Across luxuriant swamps. In these crossings, white rhinos habitually quench their thirst.
White or Square-lipped Rhinoceros. The broad, square mouth, and especially the horny edge of the lower lip, facilitate the cropping of grass, its only food. In the picture at the left, this ridge, usually cove Mehr
White rhinoceros cow. The front horn measured 36.25 in. and the rear one 22.5 in.
Danger signals. The twisting of the tail is generally followed by an immediate charge, but in open country like this, one can easily jump aside.
Northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni). In the prime of life the conical shape of the front horn is typical, but with age it becomes worn near the base. Photographed in the pose the white rhin Mehr
Black or Hook-lipped Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) The triangular, prehensile process of the upper lip. responsible for the name "hook-lipped," helps this browser gather leaves and twigs. The anterior horn is Mehr
Playgrounds and feeding grounds of the northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) Vast stretches of grassland dotted with scattered bushes and trees are their ideal haunts. In April, the vegetatio Mehr
Record bull white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) from the Uele District, Belgian Congo. The forty-two inch front horn, and the unusually long rear one, together weigh nearly forty pounds.
Title: Annual report of the American Museum of Natural History for the year Identifier: annualreportof190406amer (find matches) Year: 1870 (1870s) Authors: American Museum of Natural History Subjects: America Mehr
An Azande woman. The headdress is made of human hair, woven upon a framework of rattan and decorated with cowrie shells. Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer (find matches) Ye Mehr
Dance of the Makere, celebrating a successful hunt. Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer (find matches) Year: [1918 c1900-[1918]] (c190s) Authors: American Museum of Natural H Mehr
Identifier: scienceguide1630amer (find matches) Title: Guide leaflet Year: 1901 (1900s) Authors: American Museum of Natural History Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history Publisher: N Mehr
Herbert Lang, leader of Congo Expedition Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo10amer (find matches) Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s) Authors: American Museum of Natural History Subjects: Na Mehr
Makere woman. The concha of the ear is cut out as a tribal mark, and a bone pin is worn through the nasal septum. Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer (find matches) Year: c190 Mehr
A Makere native with a great-crowned eagle. Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer (find matches) Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s) Authors: American Museum of Natural History Subjects: Mehr
Makere women and children watching a dance. The children's heads are wrapped to lengthen the occipital region, this elongation being considered a mark of beauty. The dancing costume of the women*consists of a Mehr
Manziga, a Chief of the Azande. All important Azande chiefs in this region belong to the Avungura, the reigning clan. Most of the Azande believe that after death they will be reincarnated as animals, and the A Mehr
In the King’s Kitchen. Women grinding flour for making beer from Eleusine, a small millet-like grain which has been sprouted and dried in the sun. Village of Okondo, near Niangara, Uele District, Belgian Congo Mehr
Malele Children as they gather to play in the villages. Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer (find matches) Year: [1918 c1900-[1918]] (c190s) Authors: American Museum of Natur Mehr
Children of a chief dancing. Near Aba, in the Northeastern corner of the Belgian Congo. Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer (find matches) Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s) Authors: Mehr
Afrikaans: Azande-, oftewel "Niam-niam"-krygers in gevegsuitrusting in Manziga se kraal naby Niangara in die Bomokandi-streek van die Kongo. Hierdie krygslustige stam het hierdie meer vrugbare gebied tydens di Mehr
Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer (find matches) Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s) Authors: American Museum of Natural History Subjects: Natural history Publisher: New York : Amer Mehr
Okondo, King of the Mangbetu, in his dancing costume. His torso was girded by stiff, Havana-brown bark cloth, held in place by belts especially consecrated. Plumes of dark eagle and red parrot feathers crowned Mehr
The pieces of iron in the shape of spearheads represent currency and, together with the dog and lumps of crude iron, constitute the man's offering to the parents for his bride. the chief of the tribe, in publi Mehr
Ivory horns and wooden tom-toms of the Mangbetu. Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer (find matches) Year: [1918 c1900-[1918]] (c190s) Authors: American Museum of Natural Hist Mehr
Danga, a prominent Mangbetu chief. Beside him stand two female body servants and behind him are some of his people. The large medal haning from his neck is the official sign of his rank as recognized by the Be Mehr
Logo women dancing in thanksgiving for a good harvest Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer (find matches) Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s) Authors: American Museum of Natural History Mehr
Young chimpanzee which has a short face and an exceedingly large forehead much like that of a young child. Photographed by Herbert Lang on the American Museum Expedition to the Belgian Congo. Title: The Ameri Mehr
Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo11amer (find matches) Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s) Authors: American Museum of Natural History Subjects: Natural history Publisher: New York : Amer Mehr
In the village of a Bangba Chief Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer (find matches) Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s) Authors: American Museum of Natural History Subjects: Natural hi Mehr
The road between Dungu and Faradje. Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer (find matches) Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s) Authors: American Museum of Natural History Subjects: Natural Mehr
The River Atua, near Faradje, in the dry season. Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer (find matches) Year: [1918 c1900-[1918]] (c190s) Authors: American Museum of Natural Histo Mehr
Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer (find matches) Year: [1918 c1900-[1918]] (c190s) Authors: American Museum of Natural History Subjects: Natural history Publisher: New York Mehr
Queen Nenzima of Mangbetuland. Nenzima was the formost of King Okondo's one hundred and eighty wives, and is more than sixty years of age. She has been queen during four reigns, and is the beloved mother of he Mehr
Azande warriors in sham fight, photograph by Herbert Lang Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer (find matches) Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s) Authors: American Museum of Natural Hi Mehr
LOGO HUNTERS OF FARADJE, UELE DISTRICT They use these large bows and arrows for the bigger game, as antelopes and wild pigs. In war they pull the string with a twang which startles the foe, causing him to stop Mehr
Head Wife of Chief Abiembali: Mayogo Tribe, Ituri District. Beneath the small, square-topped hat of woven vegetable fiber, she wears a sort of skull-cap adorned with hundreds of dogs' teeth, mostly canines. Th Mehr
Collections of the Congo expedition starting their long journey to New York. A caravan of a hundred porters leaving the post of Faradje. Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer ( Mehr
Old Mobali man. The hair is allowed to grow long in age; the young men wear it shaven or short. Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer (find matches) Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s) Mehr
Pygmies from Nala, in the Uele District. They live by hunting, and exchange their spoils with the agricultural tribes for vegetables. Title: The American Museum journal Identifier: americanmuseumjo15amer (fin Mehr
A woman of the Mangbetu tribe. The head is bound with a fine cord made of raffia, banana fiber or hair, while the natural hair is woven into a frame of rattan fiber. This process takes two days to perform. Ti Mehr