IDNO

LS.140773.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: Kenya - Luo (Nilotics). 57.L.1. XLVIII. B.E.A.29. A.F. VII.89.
"Various S. Kavirondo Tribes."
6 [Female symbol]. 4 standing, 2 sitting & kneeling.
R Gemi tribe. Ugunya tribe. Gemi tribe. (tallest) Kanu tribe. L.
Gemi tribe kneeling. Semi tribe squatting.

Place

E Africa; Kenya; South Kavirondo

Cultural Affliation

Luo; Gemi; Ugunya; Kanu; Semi

Named Person

Photographer

Hobley, Charles William

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1894 - 1921

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Bibliographical Reference: 'Hobley, C. W. "British East Africa: Anthropological Studies in Kavirondo and Nandi." The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 33, 1903, pp. 325–359. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2842815. [JD 16/05/2018]

Biographical Information: Charles William Hobley, C.M.G. (1867-1947) was a pioneering British Colonial administrator in Kenya. He served the Foreign Service in Kenya from 1894 until his retirement in 1921 and published a number of monographs on a variety of subjects. In 1906 Hobley became sub-commissioner of Ukamba Province, stationed in Nairobi. [Source: A Bio-Bibliography of C.W. Hobley, by A. T. Matson; Thomas P. Ofcansky, History in Africa © 1981 African Studies Association, JSTOR Online, JD 20/6/2007]