Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History

photograph scan of PRM number 1998.349.211.1

1998.349.211.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Description

This man is definitely not a Luo judging from his personal body adornment. He is probably a Kalenjin as one related note mentions the term 'Lanbua', which could be interpreted as 'Lumbwa', a term used in colonial days for those Kalenjin (such as Kipsigis or Nandi) who lived around Koru and Kipkelion (formerly Fort Tunnel). It is probable that Evans-Pritchard met this man on the road somewhere, perhaps even in Luo country. [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004]

Cultural Group

Kalenjin

Region

Nyanza

Pitt Rivers Source

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Research Notes

Probably not Luo but rather Maasai or Maasai - influenced group [Johanna Agthe, Museum für Völkerkunde, Frankfurt 14/11/1996]

Date of Photograph

1936

Accession number

1998.349.211.1

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated 1988

For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History "1998.349.211.1" 6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum. Accessed 19 Nov. 2015 <http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.349.211.1/>.

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