photograph scan of PRM number 1998.349.60.1

1998.349.60.1 (Film negative)

Key Information

Photographer

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Description

An upper body portrait of a man identified as Okoth, dressed in a tunic with a chain and medallion (possibly of George V who had died earlier in 1936) and a medal pinned to his chest (double-headed, possibly a church membership medal). His expensive silk gown (joho) was only worn by elder men of status and wealth and could be bought from the shops in Kisumu and it was certainly a coastal dress. The medals (midila) are another symbol of status, and the larger one may be a WWI veteran medal, although [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004]

Cultural Group

Luo

Region

Nyanza

Named Person

Okoth

Pitt Rivers Source

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photograph

1936

Accession number

1998.349.60.1

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated 1988

For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History "1998.349.60.1" 6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum. Accessed 19 Nov. 2015 <http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.349.60.1/>.