Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History

photograph scan of PRM number 1998.349.155.1

1998.349.155.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Description

These men are building a Luo round house (ot). The construction starts with digging a round trench in which cut poles of different sizes are put and stabilized. Then the horizontal supports of usually young trees or split sisal are tied around them to hold them together as a wall (kor ot). Finally the last wall plate on which the roof (tado) will lie is done and woody vegetation placed in the wall vertically, which is what these men seem to be doing. The entire wall would then be plastered over with earth and cow dung both inside and outside. This plastering process is only done after the roof is put on, lest the rain spoil it. [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004 & CM 03/04/2007]

Cultural Group

Luo

Region

Nyanza Alego Uyoma

Pitt Rivers Source

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photograph

1936

Accession number

1998.349.155.1

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated 1988

Activity

Constructing

For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History "1998.349.155.1" 6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum. Accessed 19 Nov. 2015 <http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.349.155.1/>.

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