posted on 2023-11-30, 18:54authored byJoseph Ekidor Nami
A group discussion session with elders in Nakaalei covering the history of asapan and broader transformations in material culture over the last century.
Funding
Endangered Material Knowledge Programme
History
Session
G001
Rights owner
Samuel Frederick Derbyshire
Cultural group
Turkana
Participants
Ekai Lopira , Chilen Kalapata, Eregae Ngikolomo, Erongat Looya, Ngileya Imony, Arebon Kamarekwan, Lochok Kamarekwan, Kuam Longyang, Paulu Esokon, Longoria Iria , Ekeno Amwo, Eremon Nawoi, Mariko Ekuom , Eregae Eitan Nakadeli, Lucas Ekamais Lowasa, Samuel Frederick Derbyshire
Country
Kenya
Place
Nakaalei, Turkana
Museum name
British Museum
Pitt Rivers Museum
Museum collections documentation
AF/B18/1 (photograph taken by Wayland);
AF1926.1211.2. (abusibus headdress acquired by Ernest Emley);
AF1947.16.35. (abusibus headdress).
2004.130.30279.1 (photograph taken by Sir Wilfred Thesiger in the early 1960s).