Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History

photograph scan of PRM number 1998.349.104.1

1998.349.104.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Description

This is a view of Mount Homa taken from Kendu Bay. Both the mountain and the lake shore township of Kendu Bay are in Karachuonyo Location of South Nyanza. The mountain is a major volcanic plug in the Lake Victoria Basin and is only a couple of kilometres from the lake. From the higher hills above Kendu Bay the land drops quickly into a low plain area and this leaves the mountain to stand out spectacularly. Mt. Home is associated with some hot springs, carbonate soda (bala) for medicine and cooking, and a number of Luo beliefs about their ancestors. In particular, there is a traditional belief about a big snake, known as Nyangoe, who is supposed to live there and who could cause hurricanes if not appeased. [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004]

Cultural Group

Luo

Region

Nyanza Karachuonyo Kendu Bay

Pitt Rivers Source

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photograph

1936

Accession number

1998.349.104.1

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated 1988

For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History "1998.349.104.1" 6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum. Accessed 19 Nov. 2015 <http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.349.104.1/>.

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