Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History

photograph scan of PRM number 1998.349.220.2

1998.349.220.2 (Print black & white)

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Key Information

Photographer

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Description

This is a ruined Luo stonewalled settlement of a type known as ohinga to archaeologists of the region, possibly at Kanyipir village. The remains of this settlement today is even less marked than in this view. Such ruins are common in Luo country, particularly in South Nyanza District. Many of these settlements date to the nineteenth century and some may be contemporary with the earthwork settlements known as gunda bur, elsewhere photographed by Evans-Pritchard. [Gilbert Oteyo & CM 11/04/2007]

Cultural Group

Luo

Region

Nyanza ?Kanyipir

Pitt Rivers Source

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Primary Documentation

Note on print reverse ms pencil - 'Ohinga Kangipi'

Date of Photograph

1936

Accession number

1998.349.220.2

Further Information

Photographic Process

Print gelatin silver

Date Acquired

Donated 1988

For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History "1998.349.220.2" 6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum. Accessed 19 Nov. 2015 <http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.349.220.2/>.

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