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Old saddle made in Ile Onigaari, detail of girth (majayi), Ile Balogun Alanamu
1985
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.
This photograph of the old saddle made in Ile Onigaari and photographed in Ile Balogun Alanamu shows the girth (majayi--a Hausa term), which is made of coconut fiber covered with cloth, apparently two strips of ẹtu ("guineafowl cloth"), a type of cloth that was woven in the area around Ile Onigaari.
- Collection
- Ann O'Hear Collection
- Archival grouping
- Ann O'Hear Collection / Series 1: Leatherworking in Ilorin
- Catalog date
- 1985
- 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 2016-004-0010
Collection: Ann O'Hear Collection