Library - Selected African Holdings
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Selected items with African Origination
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2022 English
This is a figure of a man, carved from dark wood, standing on a round base. The carved features include bulging eyes, a prominent forehead, and hair that starts on …
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Black and white stereograph slide, T 237 from Tour of the World, vol 5 and 6. Text on the back reads, "We are now looking southwestward , parallel or nearly …
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Black and white stereograph slide, #T 236 from Tour of the World, vol. 5 and 6. The back of the slide includes the following text: "There are in all 132 …
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This triangular wood mask is nearly flat and painted all over with a reddish paint. A narrow band of alternating black and white triangles is painted along the outer edge …
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A carved wooden male standing figure with short round base. The head is pointed with coiffure, scarification and facial features carved in low relief. The body is crudely articulated, probably …
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Black and white stereograph slide, #T234 in "Tour of the World" series, v. 5 and 6. Text on the back of the slide reads, "From our point of view, the …
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Black and white stereograph slide, #T232 from Tour of the World series, vol 5 and 6. Text on the back of the slide indicates that the image shows an irrigation …
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The round leather container with flat bottom is made in the shape of a royal African crown. The inward sloping sides are covered with fabric onto which cowrie shells are …
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The long staff is roughly wrought (hand-made) out of iron. There are two clusters of long, narrow cones attached along the shaft and another inverted cluster at the top, supporting …
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Carved wooden male figure kneels on short disk and supports a cylindrical hollow drum on his head and hands. Large eyes, a wide nose and closed mouth are carved on …
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Black and white stereograph slide, T238 from Tour of the World series, vol 5 and 6. Text on the back of the card reads: "Before us, in the wild and …
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Black and white photograph of the entrance to the temple, 1857. Luxor is the modern name of the city near the site of ancient Thebes on the east side of …
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Black and white stereograph slide, T244 from Tour of the World, vol 5 and 6. Text on the back of the slide reads as follows: "Victoria Falls was discovered by …
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Black and white photograph of a section of the wall of the temple at Dendera, Egypt. 1857. Dendera, or Dendara, was an important site from predynastic times on and is …
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Black and white photograph of the smaller of two temples on the site. 1857. Erment or Armant, known in ancient times as Hermonthis, is a site southwest of modern-day Luxor. …
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Black and white photograph showing the colossal statues flanking the entrance to the temple. 1857. Francis Frith, the photographer, was a world-wide traveler. He made a series of trips to …
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Black and white stereograph slide, #T 233 from Tour of the World, vol 5 and 6. Text on the back of the slide reads, "We are standing with our backs …
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Caption: "A 'family group' of the Sox-Giants world tourists in front of the Sphinx. Mr. and Mrs. Comiskey may be seen in the center, mounted on 'ships of the desert.'"
1899 English
1:1,230,000 Relief shown by form lines and spot heights. Includes 1 inset location map.
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1:3,070,000 Includes inset map of South Africa, showing colonial boundaries.
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1:5,600,000 Relief shown by contours and tints.
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1:995,000 Relief shown by hachures. One map in 2 sections (northern section inset). "Reduced from a map published by the Intell. Div. War Office.
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1:3,120,000 Relief shown by hachures.
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1:6,250,000 Includes 1 inset location map. Published (Philadelphia : J.L. Smith, 1899).
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1:1,875,000 Relief shown by hachures.
1898 English
1:2,500,000 Relief shown by hachures.
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1:745,000 Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.
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1:1,000,000 Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Wallace's route indicated in red.
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1:6,317,500 Relief shown by hachures. Index to administrative divisions and table of major cities in right margin.
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1:990,000 Includes inset of Niger Protectorate. Relief shown by spot heights.
1897 English
1:2,000,000 Place names in Arabic and Latin.
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1:500,000 Title in upper margin: Madagascar.
1896 English
1:3,450,000 Relief shown by hachures.
1896 English
1:5,600,000 Relief shown by hachures and pictorially.
1895 English
1:291,450 Relief shown by hachures. Last's routes indicated in red.
1895 English
1:495,000 Relief shown by form lines and spot heights. Includes 1 inset map at larger scale.
1895 English
1:6,600,000 Relief shown by hachures. Also in Gillan's Historical Atlas, p 6.
1895 English
1:1,250,000 Relief shown by hachures. Includes 1 inset map (scale 1:25,000,000): Sketch map of Western Equatorial Africa.
1894 English
1:8,000,000 Various scales Six maps on 1 sheet: Vegetation and Surface Features -- Political and Commerical Outlines -- Orographical Features -- Mean Annual Tempertaure -- Mean Annual Rainfall -- Progress …
1894 English
1:9,000,000 Includes elevation profile of the Mombasa-to-Uganda route and 1 inset map showing the Berber-to-Suakin route.