The sketchbooks of the explorers
Title:
The sketchbooks of the explorers
Producer:
Lt Col. Emmanuel Ch. M. H. G. Muller (°1879 - †1956)
Theme:
military infrastructure, local authority
Legend:
Five sheets of drawings made by Emmanuel Muller between 1905 and 1907 were donated to the RMCA by the painter James Thiriar (1889-1965) who accompanied the Belgian scientific expedition to Ruwenzori in 1932. On these sheets, Emmanuel Muller reproduced in ink Mangbetu and Zande objects and dwellings decorated with anthropomorphic or geometric designs. In August 1907, he drew the designs covering a wall which he admired in the Zande village in GangiIl which inspired the pencil sketches in his notebook. Muller could even identify the episode drawn - the meeting of Commander Albert Versluys and Louis Bareau, both of whom were posted to Uele between 1897 and 1907.
Inscription:
(soldat) (fusil) Rencontre du Cte. Versluys et de Bareau. Clairon
Uele-Août 1907: Village Gangi 3 heures O. de Piko-Zande fils d'Akenge
Dessiné sur mur de la maison du chef (Bombu)
Date of acquisition:
1963
Dimensions:
18,5 cm x 19,5 cm
Technique:
graphic arts > drawing > ink
Inventory number:
HO.1963.16.4