Triangular decorations (paro) for horses, 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
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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: 1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2016-004, Item EEPA 2016-004-0005
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Triangular decorations (paro) are meant to hang down on both sides of the horse's head. They feature a leather backing, with appliqué designs on the front in cloth, and are studded with what looks like brass. The appliqué designs involve a variety of geometrical shapes. They are very similar to those called, in Hausaland, layun doki, which supports the suggestion of a strong northern influence on the leatherworkers of Ile Onigaari.