Sepia photograph. Includes the following inscription on the back: 'The Yaron Sariki, "Butare" in the ferry on the main Kano-Zaria Road, - over River Challawa. (Yaron Sariki in the [Emri's] representative.
Photograph of the Yaron Sariki in a boat on the river Challawa
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