Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History

photograph scan of PRM number 1998.349.41.1

1998.349.41.1 (Film Negative 120mm)

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Key Information

Photographer

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Description

Two girls laughing together under a tall tree (slightly out of focus), described as girls from Uyoma. Uyoma is both a village in Alego Location and a location on its own by that name and far from Alego. I would favour the Alego village on the basis of the natural environment I can see. These two girls have European dresses but also some Luo body ornaments. The girl on the right has a bead necklace (tik ng'ut) while the one on the left probably has chain belt (thiwni) and if not, just some sort of knotted belt. The big tree is just outside a homestead whose grass thatch huts can be seen behind the girls. [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004]

Cultural Group

Luo

Region

Nyanza Alego Uyoma

Pitt Rivers Source

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photograph

1936

Accession number

1998.349.41.1

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated 1988

Activity

Dancing

For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History "1998.349.41.1" 6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum. Accessed 19 Nov. 2015 <http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.349.41.1/>.

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