Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History
1998.349.186.1 (Film Negative 120mm)
Key Information
Photographer
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Description
The original note indicates that this is 'Samuel's family'. Of course Luo men had many wives and children but this is certainly too big for one man's family. It must therefore be understood in the context of the African extended family where these women would include his wife, daughters, mother, step mothers, brothers' wives etc. We do not know who Samuel was or where he comes from. The young girl is attending a mission school she has a school badge with cross sign. The women are all dressed in European dresses, and all wear headscarfs (kitamba). But most of them wear bead necklaces (tik ng'ut) which were often considered to be traditional and some of these beads are a mixture of colours and sizes. However, they wear nothing on their feet. [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004]
Cultural Group
Luo
Region
Nyanza
Named Person
family of Samuel
Pitt Rivers Source
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Date of Photograph
1936
Accession number
1998.349.186.1
Further Information
Photographic Process
Negative film nitrate
Date Acquired
Donated 1988
For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History
"1998.349.186.1"
6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum.
Accessed 19 Nov. 2015
<http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.349.186.1/>.
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