Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History

photograph scan of PRM number 1998.349.105.1

1998.349.105.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Description

Cattle being driven by men carrying spears and shields as part of a Luo funeral ceremony after the burial of a dead man, known as teru buru. Here the men in full tradition gear of cow hide shields (okumba or kuot) and spears (tonge) are driving the cattle out of the homestead into the open fields and will be back later with a fanfare. The women at the back of the deceased man's grass thatch hut do not perform this ceremony (they do in that of a dead woman) but will welcome back the men with a lot of singing and dance. [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004]

Cultural Group

Luo

Region

Nyanza

Pitt Rivers Source

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photograph

1936

Accession number

1998.349.105.1

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated 1988

For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History "1998.349.105.1" 6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum. Accessed 19 Nov. 2015 <http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.349.105.1/>.

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