3-065-837 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Natives of Ugogo, East Central Africa, 1874. 'The readers of Mr. H. M. Stanley's book, relating his journey from the East Coast of Africa to the shores of Lake Tanganyika in search of Dr. Livingstone, must be familiar with Ugogo, as the name of a country, and Wagogo, the name of its people...Our portraits of some of the natives, showing their grotesque fashions of hairdressing, are from sketches by Lieutenant Cameron, R.N., commander of the recent Livingstone Search and Relief Expedition...The Mgogo (this is the singular form of the plural name Wagogo, and denotes an individual of that nation) is a well-formed, robust man, with skin of a rich dark brown colour. His face is broad, and has in front almost a leonine aspect. The eyes are large and round, the nose flat, and the mouth large, but the lips are not monstrously thick. A warrior of this race carries a bow and sheaf of arrows, barbed or pronged; a couple of light javelins, and a broad-bladed spear, battle-axe, or club, with an oval shield of rhinoceros or elephant hide, painted black and white. His full costume, as a chief, includes a crimson robe and a head-dress of ostrich or eagle feathers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.