Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History

photograph scan of PRM number 1998.206.4.1

1998.206.4.1 (Print black & white)

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Key Information

Photographer

Charles William Hobley

Description

A full length portrait of a Luo man wearing bead ornaments around the neck and waist, an upper arm leather/hide bangle, metal leg rings and armlets (minyonge) and a skin apron both at the back and front. The man is standing on a road leading to a building, probably the colonial administrative centre at Kisumu. [Gilbert Oteyo 24/04/2005]

Cultural Group

Luo

Region

Nyanza Kisumo

Pitt Rivers Source

Charles William Hobley

Date of Photograph

1902

Accession number

1998.206.4.1

Further Information

Date Acquired

Donated

For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History "1998.206.4.1" 6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum. Accessed 19 Nov. 2015 <http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.206.4.1/>.

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