Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History

photograph scan of PRM number 1998.349.209.1

1998.349.209.1 (Film negative)

Key Information

Photographer

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Description

A group of young boys, girls and adults in the background encountered on the road, described as a group of Kisii people. The women are carrying large baskets on their heads. [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004]

Cultural Group

Kisii

Region

Nyanza

Pitt Rivers Source

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Research Notes

The large basket seen here is not of Luo type, although Luo baskets were used by the Kisii. [Johanna Agthe, Museum fuur Völkerkunde, Frankfurt 14/11/1996]

Date of Photograph

1936

Accession number

1998.349.209.1

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated 1988

For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History "1998.349.209.1" 6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum. Accessed 19 Nov. 2015 <http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.349.209.1/>.

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