Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History

photograph scan of PRM number 1998.209.44.5

1998.209.44.5 (Print black & white)

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Key Information

Photographer

Charles William Hobley

Description

A group of Luo women in a line before the camera, with a large number also gathered as a crowd behind them. They are wearing numerous body ornaments, such as metal leg rings, anklets and armlets (minyonge), bead necklaces (tik ng'ut), waist beads (tik nungo) and cowrie shell (gaagi) necklaces. They also wear different kinds of aprons (olemo). One woman (3rd from right) seems to have an ostrich egg shell waist bead (rek). Small woven baskets for daily use are carried together with walking sticks and the hair styles also vary. The women are named in the original notes as of 'Sani tribe' near Kisumu, which may be Seme clan. Seme is an administrative Location in Nyanza and is next to Kisumu Location. [Gilbert Oteyo 06/05/05]

Cultural Group

Luo

Region

Nyanza Kisumu

Pitt Rivers Source

Charles William Hobley

Primary Documentation

Notes on PRM card - 'Sani Tribe women, near Kisumu' In Negative - 'No. ... [rest cut off]'

Date of Photograph

1902

Accession number

1998.209.44.5

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Date Acquired

Donated

For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History "1998.209.44.5" 6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum. Accessed 19 Nov. 2015 <http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.209.44.5/>.

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