Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History
1998.206.5.3 (Print black & white)
Key Information
Photographer
Charles William Hobley
Description
A portrait of Kere (called 'Ukuri' by Hobley), Chief of Nyakach clan of the Luo in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He is adorned in his headdress of authority made of a lion's mane, very special in those days. Notice the unusual absence of this sort of chiefly head covering in the portrait of Ogada, also by Hobley. He is also adorned in armlets and metal finger rings. His white robe is difficult to examine in detail in this photograph but may be European cloth or a coastal type. This is also an interesting point of comparison to the attire of Ogada in the Hobley portrait. [Gilbert Oteyo 26/04/2005 & CM 25/04/2007]
Cultural Group
Luo
Region
Nyanza
Named Person
Chief Kere of Nyakach
Pitt Rivers Source
Charles William Hobley
Primary Documentation
Notes on mount - 'Ja Luo, Nya Kach Tribe. Ukuri, Head Chief of Tribe'
Date of Photograph
1902
Accession number
1998.206.5.3
Further Information
Date Acquired
Donated
For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History
"1998.206.5.3"
6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum.
Accessed 19 Nov. 2015
<http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.206.5.3/>.
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