Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History
1998.349.235.1 (Film negative)
Key Information
Photographer
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Description
A portrait of a Luo man (identified as Peter) wearing European clothing, including a tie, tie-pin, pen in his pocket and a wrist-watch - all items which mark him out as an employee of the colonial administration. He is standing in front of the vehicle used to transport Evans-Pritchard during his tour of Luo country. [CM 11/04/2007]
Cultural Group
Luo
Region
Nyanza
Named Person
Peter
Pitt Rivers Source
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Research Notes
A woman is described as Peter's wife in 1998.349.248 so the possibility exists that this is her husband [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004]
Date of Photograph
1936
Accession number
1998.349.235.1
Further Information
Photographic Process
Negative film nitrate
Date Acquired
Donated 1988
For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History
"1998.349.235.1"
6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum.
Accessed 19 Nov. 2015
<http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.349.235.1/>.
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