Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History

photograph scan of PRM number 1998.349.164.1

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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