Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History
1998.349.227.1 (Film Negative 120mm)
Key Information
Photographer
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Description
An elder identified as Owoi (may be Owuor or Owor also in Luo) wearing a warthog or wild pig tooth (lak mbeche) hanged from the neck, standing between two Luo carved posts, referred to as 'murko' or 'muko' by Evans-Pritchard, although this term is obscure. Although the heavy bush around signifies a sacred place, these may be grave posts of important clan elders, as the dilapidated thatched hut to the right would not have been allowed to fall into disrepair if it was a ritual hut. [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004 & CM 11/04/2007]
Cultural Group
Luo
Region
Nyanza
Named Person
Owoi [Owuor, Owor]
Pitt Rivers Source
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Research Notes
The post to the right appears in photo 1998.349.62 [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004]
Date of Photograph
1936
Accession number
1998.349.227.1
Further Information
Photographic Process
Negative film nitrate
Date Acquired
Donated 1988
For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History
"1998.349.227.1"
6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum.
Accessed 19 Nov. 2015
<http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.349.227.1/>.
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