photograph scan of PRM number 1998.349.230.1

1998.349.230.1 (Film Negative 120mm)

Key Information

Photographer

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Description

The scene here is people encountered on a footpath between plantations of sorghum (bel) near Gangu village in Alego. The crops are out and ripe any time between June and August, which fits with the period of Evans-Pritchard's tour of Luo country. The basket carried on the head by the woman may be for collecting harvested crops and the man also carries some tools including a hoe and a small stool. The woman closest to the camera is wearing a married woman's bead headdress known as ligisa. [Gilbert Oteyo 9/9/2004]

Cultural Group

Luo

Region

Nyanza Alego Gangu

Pitt Rivers Source

Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard

Date of Photograph

1936

Accession number

1998.349.230.1

Further Information

Photographic Process

Negative film nitrate

Date Acquired

Donated 1988

For citation use:
Pitt Rivers Museum Luo Visual History "1998.349.230.1" 6 Jun. 2008. Pitt Rivers Museum. Accessed 19 Nov. 2015 <http://photos.prm.ox.ac.uk/luo/photo/1998.349.230.1/>.