Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History
1998.349.58.1 (Film negative)
Key Information
Photographer
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Description
A portrait of a man wearing Luo ornamentation, on the road next to a vehicle. On his head is worn a bead work hat (ogut tigo) with the extended skin ledge in which warthog teeth (leke njiri) are stuck protruding out and curving upwards. The ears are adorned with multicoloured beads sewn on a tiny chain usually forming a beautiful earring (ngaga) for old men. He has a walking stick on the shoulder (okwajo) on which he is hanging a woven shopping basket (okapo). He has a necklace (rek) made of ostrich egg shell, and a round block of something suspended on the necklace as well. He also has a sheathed dagger hanging a cross his shoulder. There is a metal wrist ring (minyonge) and the fingers are all heavily adorned with all sorts of metal rings (tere). His bodily clothing remains mainly European. [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004]
Cultural Group
Luo
Region
Nyanza
Named Person
Osori of JoKato
Pitt Rivers Source
Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard
Research Notes
There is certainly a Luo clan called Kato and a man belonging to this clan would be called JaKato or JoKato. [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004]
Date of Photograph
1936
Accession number
1998.349.58.1
Further Information
Photographic Process
Negative film nitrate
Date Acquired
Donated 1988
Activity
Dancing
For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History
"1998.349.58.1"
6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum.
Accessed 19 Nov. 2015
<http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.349.58.1/>.
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