Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Horse in ceremonial trappings waiting on the road into the city to welcome the Emir of Ilorin, Alh. Sulu Gambari, on his return from a trip abroad
1988
Nigeria
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
The fact that only four horses could be mustered on this occasion demonstrates the great decline in horse keeping in Ilorin, which is reflected in the equally great decline in the numbers of leatherworkers in the twentieth century.
- Collection
- Ann O'Hear Collection
- Archival grouping
- Ann O'Hear Collection / Series 1: Leatherworking in Ilorin
- Catalog date
- 1988
- Recorded places
- Nigeria
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- O'Hear, Ann
- Format and extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.2016-004, Item EEPA 2016-004-0014
Collection: Ann O'Hear Collection