Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History
1998.175.27 (Print black & white)
Key Information
Photographer
George R. Carline
Description
Two men playing the bao board game called ajua in Luo, widely known elsewhere by the Arabic-derived term mancala. The names of this family of games varied across Luo country depending on the clan area, the type of wood or even the number of holes in the board. This photograph seems to show them playing near to or within a homestead since a calf is lying down beside them. The two men playing are very differently dressed: one wears more or less colonial European clothing with hat and shoes, and the other is much more traditional with a bead necklace, wound metal armlet (minyonge) and probably a skin apron on the front. [Gilbert Oteyo 21/04/2005]
Cultural Group
Luo
Region
Nyanza
Pitt Rivers Source
George R. Carline
Primary Documentation
Notes on mount - 'Mancala board - Jaluo 1929 G.R. Carline Phot. Purch 1931'
Date of Photograph
1929
Accession number
1998.175.27
Further Information
Photographic Process
Print bromide
Date Acquired
Purchased 1931
For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History
"1998.175.27"
6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum.
Accessed 19 Nov. 2015
<http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.175.27/>.
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