Alh. Abdullahi Abdul-Salami, Imam Idiaro, of Ile Onigaari, Balogun Alanamu Ward, Ilorin

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.

Imam Idiaro was a leatherworker and Ann O'Hear's most important informant on leatherworking in Ilorin. In 1988, he was an imam and ran an Arabic school (in which he is standing in the photograph). The office of imam for the immediate area passes down through the male members of Ile Onigaari. The name of the compound translates from Yoruba as "saddlemakers' compound" and it has had close connections with the horseowning warrior elite. Although the compound had been important for leatherworking, by 1988 it would appear that no one there was still engaged in the craft.

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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