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Object Number 998-14-00/1.2.82
Display Title View of Balli River from the truck
Descriptions
Object Description Written on album page: "About to cross the Balli R., a small tributary of the Shari."
Department Photographic
Date 1927-1928
Artist Milton Katz
Culture
  • Central and Equatorial African styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire / <State> / <County> / Maffaling
Additional Geographic Terms Balli River
Dimensions Overall: 5.715 × 8.5725 cm (2 1/4 × 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Vivian Katz and Family of Milton Katz
Provenance
Collector Milton Katz (1927-1928)
Intermediary David Warrington
Donor Vivian Katz (5/8/98)

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PrimaryMedia Object Number Title Classification Geography/Provenience SHARE
Expedition moving from Maffaling to Balli
998-14-00/1.2.80 Expedition moving from Maffaling to Balli
Maffaling
Expedition preparing to leave Balli
998-14-00/1.2.81 Expedition preparing to leave Balli
Maffaling
People carrying expedition baggage from village to river
998-14-00/1.2.39 People carrying expedition baggage from village to river
Belgian Congo
People carrying wood for canoe to Chari River
998-14-00/1.2.38 People carrying wood for canoe to Chari River
Belgian Congo
People carrying wood for canoe to Chari River
998-14-00/1.2.37 People carrying wood for canoe to Chari River
Belgian Congo
Party getting their truck across Ubangi River on improvised ferry
998-14-00/1.1.235 Party getting their truck across Ubangi River on improvised ferry
Belgian Congo
Group of people and sections of wood for a canoe
998-14-00/1.2.36 Group of people and sections of wood for a canoe
Belgian Congo
View from the bank of the Chari River
998-14-00/1.2.85 View from the bank of the Chari River
Chad
View of a village from across a river
998-14-00/1.2.124 View of a village from across a river
Mandjaffa
View of Fort Lamy from on the Chari River
998-14-00/1.2.171 View of Fort Lamy from on the Chari River
Chad
French Sudan
View of Fort Lamy from on the Chari River
998-14-00/1.2.170 View of Fort Lamy from on the Chari River
French Sudan
Chad
View across the Chari River
998-14-00/1.2.43 View across the Chari River
Belgian Congo