Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History

photograph scan of PRM number 1998.349.25.1

1998.349.25.1 (Film negative)

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Key Information

Photographer

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Description

Luo women near Gangu village laughing with the missionary Archdeacon W. E. Owen. One woman has a large container basket (adita or hamiero) on her head, one a winnowing basket tray (odheru) on her head, and two have only head scarfs. One of the women is carrying a woven handbag basket (okapu) on her arm. The woman to the right is wearing a well-known Luo headdress called ligisa, which is worn by married and elderly women and by traditional female dancers. She has also wrist rings (minyonge) on both her arms and a neck scarf. [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004]

Cultural Group

Luo

Region

Nyanza Gangu

Named Person

Archdeacon W. E. Owen

Pitt Rivers Source

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photograph

1936

Accession number

1998.349.25.1

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated 1988

For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History "1998.349.25.1" 6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum. Accessed 19 Nov. 2015 <http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.349.25.1/>.

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