Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History
1998.349.164.1 (Film Negative 120mm)
Key Information
Photographer
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Description
A full length portrait of a Luo man (identified as Wilson Olo) in European clothing and scarf (out of focus). [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004]
Cultural Group
Luo
Region
Nyanza
Named Person
Wilson Olo [Oloo]
Pitt Rivers Source
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Research Notes
This man is identified by Evans-Pritchard as Wilson Olo, but the name Olo is also found as Oloo, depending on which part of Luo country you are in. He also appears on the left in 1998.349.97. [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004]
Date of Photograph
1936
Accession number
1998.349.164.1
Further Information
Photographic Process
Negative film nitrate
Date Acquired
Donated 1988
For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History
"1998.349.164.1"
6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum.
Accessed 19 Nov. 2015
<http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.349.164.1/>.
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