photograph scan of PRM number 1998.349.234.1

1998.349.234.1 (Film negative)

Key Information

Photographer

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Description

These men are described in the original notes as elders of Agoro, that is, the Agoro Clan of Alego Location, Siaya District. They are truly elders (jodongo) judging by their age, and their clothing is an interesting mixture of coastal, Luo and European. They both wear long white robes (kandho or kanzu). The one to the left has a traditional bead headdress (ogut tigo), a walking pole (luth) and a wrist ring (minyonge) on his wrist. The elder to the right has a hat made from a natural fibre of some sort, with feathers. The third person to the right seems to be a woman wearing a hat woven out of local grass. [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004 & CM 11/04/2007]

Cultural Group

Luo

Region

Nyanza Alego Siaya Agoro

Pitt Rivers Source

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photograph

1936

Accession number

1998.349.234.1

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated 1988

For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History "1998.349.234.1" 6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum. Accessed 19 Nov. 2015 <http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.349.234.1/>.