IDNO

LS.140869.TC1

Description

On Catalogue Card: "Kenya - Boran (Poren) (Hamites) 58.BO.1 - 3.
Boran natives, taken at Kakamari, who had prob. migrated from Didinga.
(3 slides)"

Place

E Africa; Kenya; Kakamari

Cultural Affliation

Boran [historically Poren]; Didinga

Named Person

Photographer

?Rogers, Frank H.

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa ?1927 - ?1935

Collection Name

Teaching Slide Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Facebook Publication: Image published alongside LS.140867.TC1 and LS.140868.TC1 in 'The Didinga Mountains' closed Facebook group, and captioned: "Boran, Kakamari (kenya, uganda?)
Who has ever heard of "Boran" or "Poren" people somewhere Boarding Didinga and Kenya or Uganda; living in a place called KAKAMARI. These Boran are an off shoot of Didinga based on the traditional "Temedek", lip piecing and body type build."
1 Like; 5 comments.
Included in the comments is a google map link showing Kakamari being in the Northern Region of Uganda, near the border of Kenya. [Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DidingaMountains/, JD 27/07/2023]