View of village with long houses.

Collection type: Photograph
Description: View of village with long houses.
Geographical reference: Congo, Democratic Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of; Congo, Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Republic of; Irebu?; Irebou?
Person: Photographer A. Robert Hottot; PRM source Alfred Louis Ernest Hubert Hottot
Date / Period: Date of photograph: 1906
Acquisition information: Donated: 1994
Photographic process: Print matt gelatin silver
Dimensions: Length x Width 137 x 75 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1994.62.367.11
Research and responses: It is unclear if this location is Irebu in DR Congo or Irebou just over the border in the People's Republic of Congo. [CF 18/11/2002]
Associated publications: Contemporary Publication - This image has been published in Jacques de Nouvion, 'La Mission Robert Hottot', Le Monde Illustré, 29 August 1908, p.132: 'Un village Congolais'. [PG 18/6/2004] Web publication - This print has been published in 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: 'Huts in a Congolese village./ Irebou, Middle Congo. August 1906.' [PG 14/2/2006]