photograph scan of PRM number 1998.349.188.1

1998.349.188.1 (Film Negative 120mm)

Key Information

Photographer

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Description

A group of important men from Asembo bay. Their way of dressing shows their dignity, wealth and status. Almost all are dressed in long white robes (kandho or kanzu) and with either a coat or an overcoat on top of it. One has a respect sword, two are smoking tobacco pipes (kwesi), two are wearing beadwork headdresses (ogut tigo) while others are wearing new Western hats. One man is also adorned with a hippo tusk (lak rawo) or warthog tusk (lak mbeche) attached to to his hat (ogudu). All these items were very expensive to buy in 1936. [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004]

Cultural Group

Luo

Region

Nyanza Asembo bay

Pitt Rivers Source

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Research Notes

Evans-Pritchard's term 'Asuko bay' should be interpreted as Asembo bay [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004]

Date of Photograph

1936

Accession number

1998.349.188.1

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated 1988

For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History "1998.349.188.1" 6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum. Accessed 19 Nov. 2015 <http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.349.188.1/>.