IDNO

P.49915.DRI

Description

"Dorobo hunter, with head of bush pig. He wears a skull-cap on his head, which is typical of Dorobo, made from the paunch of an animal." [Driberg's caption]

Place

E Africa; Kenya; ?Nandi Hills

Cultural Affliation

Okiek [historically Dorobo]

Named Person

Photographer

?Driberg, Jack Herbert

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa ?1912 - ?1921

Collection Name

Driberg CollectionUnmounted Haddon Collection

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.49910.ACH2. to P.49936.ACH2. were found in envelope now marked C210/4/. This was found in another envelope now marked C210/ which came from the wooden drawer 1.

Cultural Group: The Nandi are a cultural group, with the language being a dialect of Kalenjin, and a place of Kenya. Dorobo is an alternative name for Okiek, a cultural group of Kenya. ‘Ndorobo’ is a now deemed a derogatory cover term for several small hunter or forest groups of Kenya, not linguistically related (El Molo, Yaaku, Okiek, Omotik, Aasax). [Source: Ethnologue 15th Edition, JD 18/6/2009]

Photographer: The handwriting on the reverse of the prints P.49897.ACH2. to P.49909.ACH2. is the same as the series P.49848.ACH2. to P.49875.ACH2, which has been provisionally assigned to J.H.Driberg, and the dates circa 1912 - 1921. The Photographer and Date fields have been amended accordingly. [JD 19/6/2009]