Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History

photograph scan of PRM number 1998.349.94.1

1998.349.94.1 (Film Negative 120mm)

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Key Information

Photographer

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Description

Looking from the top of a ridge towards Kendu Bay, a small township in South Nyanza District. It is on the shore of Lake Victoria and had a small pier and a steamship service connecting it with Kisumu. The clear plain area and lake shore area of it is seen here with the lake water in the distance. [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004]

Cultural Group

Luo

Region

Nyanza Kendu Bay

Pitt Rivers Source

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Primary Documentation

1998.349.94.1 and 1998.349.95.1 are the same negative [JD 17/2/2004]

Research Notes

Kendu Bay is a small lake shore township in South Nyanza District. This a view of the general area around lake show called Kendu Bay and Lake Victoria water is seen in the background. This is a very similar view to 1998.349.68 and 1998.349.72 [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004]

Date of Photograph

1936

Accession number

1998.349.94.1

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated 1988

For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History "1998.349.94.1" 6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum. Accessed 19 Nov. 2015 <http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.349.94.1/>.

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