Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History

photograph scan of PRM number 1998.204.14.41

1998.204.14.41 (Postcard black and white)

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Key Information

Photographer

Missioni della Consolata, Turin

Description

A Luo man blowing a horn instrument, made from an antelope horn and gourd resonator at the end, known as oporo. He is also wearing a goat skin apron (pien nyadiel) and wears what appears to be another horn (?Buffalo) from a string around his head. Rather than playing music it is likely he is demonstrating the way in which the horn was used to send out sound as a message or to call for a meeting. He also has a sheathed dagger (pand ligagngla) hanging from his neck. [Gilbert Oteyo 21/04/2005 & CM 24/04/2007]

Cultural Group

Luo

Region

Nyanza

Pitt Rivers Source

Unknown

Primary Documentation

Notes on postcard mech. printed - 'Kavirondo Musical Instrument'

Date of Photograph

1920 circa

Accession number

1998.204.14.41

Further Information

Photographic Process

Photomechanical

Date Acquired

Unknown

For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History "1998.204.14.41" 6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum. Accessed 19 Nov. 2015 <http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.204.14.41/>.

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