Title: "Pokot"
Original : Oil on Canvas.
Painted in 2003
Original Size: 48x36.
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Painting description:
The Pokot women unlike the Massai or Turkana are not very colorful in their dressing. I painted "Pokot" also as part of the Nomads of Africa collection in 2003.
The Pokot:
The Pokot are mostly cattle herders, but a large number that leave in the rainy highlands are cultivators, mostly growing corn. However, whether a cultivator or pastorist, the measure of wealth among the Pokot is determined by the number of cows one owns. Cows are a major part of Pokot trade and are used for barter, and exchange, which further goes into "bride wealth". A man is permitted to take more than one wife, as long as he has enough cows to offer her family in exchange for her hand in marriage. Their cattle are hardly ever slaughtered for meat as they are far more valuable alive. The cattle also provide milk, butter, and cheese which are an important part of the diet of the Pokot.
