Saddle (gaari), Ile Balogun Alanamu's compound, Ilorin
name: label: Photographer
content: O'Hear, Ann
label: Collection Photographer
content: O'Hear, Ann
place: label: Place
content: Nigeria
creator: label: Photographer
content: O'Hear, Ann
setName: label: See more items in
content: Ann O'Hear Collection
label: See more items in
content: Ann O'Hear Collection / Series 1: Leatherworking in Ilorin
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2016-004, Item EEPA 2016-004-0002
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Alh. Imam Idiaro took Ann O'Hear to Ile Balogun Alanamu to view an old saddle (gaari) and other items, which had been made in Ile Onigaari and apparently mostly by Alh. Imam Idiaro himself. The photograph shows the high pommel and cantle of the saddle, following the usual type of saddle that was used in West Africa, reaching Yorubaland from the north. Indeed, Alh. Imam Idiaro tells a story that his ancestors learned their craft from the north, although they came originally from Old Oyo. The photograph also shows that cloth was used (rather than leather) to secure the stirrups to the saddle. The cloth used is ẹtu ("guineafowl cloth"), a type of cloth that was woven in the area around Ile Onigaari.