Sculpted figures from the Chenoo, depicting two war fetiches, one armed with a musket, the other with a broad sword. Featured in Tuckey’s Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816 (1818).

Featured on PDR in the essay Forgotten Failures of African Exploration

Dane Kennedy reflects on two disastrous expeditions into Africa organised by the British in the early-19th century, and how their lofty ambitions crumbled before the implacable realities of the continent.