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
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
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content: Ann O'Hear Collection
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content: Ann O'Hear Collection / Series 1: Leatherworking in Ilorin
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Slides (photographs) (color, 35mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2016-004, Item EEPA 2016-004-0014
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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.