Saddle

Description:

The Spaniards who invaded Mexico brought to North America a well-developed equestrian tradition. Over the centuries, horses, saddles, and other riding paraphernalia were altered by the landscape and the lifestyles of both Spanish and indigenous riders. Accompanied by mariachi music, la charrería is the elaborate and spectacle-driven tradition of horsemanship in Mexico. As a national sport rooted in the everyday demands of ranching, the crafts and techniques of charrería were adopted and modified by American settlers in the 19th century. They in turn developed their own rodeo tradition. This elaborate saddle with embossed silver medallions was given to General Philip Sheridan by a Mexican friend in 1866. In that year, General Sheridan armed Mexican nationalists led by Benito Juárez, and headed a 50,000-man army along the U.S.-Mexico border in order to pressure France to end its occupation of Mexico.

Date Made: ca 1865Associated Date: 1865

Associated User: Sheridan, Philip H.Maker: Felipe del Aguila

Description (Spanish): Los españoles que invadieron México transfirieron a Norteamérica una tradición ecuestre bien desarrollada. A lo largo de los siglos, los caballos, las monturas y otra parafernalia relativa a la equitación se modificarían para adaptarse a la geografía y al estilo de vida tanto de los españoles como de los indígenas. Junto al acompañamiento de música mariachi, la charrería es la tradición ecuestre de México, elaborada y transformada para el espectáculo. Como práctica nacional enraizada en las demandas cotidianas de la vida en las haciendas, el arte y la técnica de la charrería fueron adoptados y modificados por los colonos americanos en el siglo XIX, quienes a su vez desarrollaron su propia tradición de rodeo. Esta compleja montura con medallones de plata estampados en relieve fue entregada al General Philip Sheridan por un amigo mexicano en 1866. En dicho año, el General Sheridan armó a nacionalistas mexicanos conducidos por Benito Juárez, quien encabezó un ejército de 50.000 hombres a lo largo de la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México para presionar a Francia a que pusiera fin a la ocupación de México.Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: MexicoLocation Where Used: Mexico

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Ethnic, Government, Politics, and Reform, Cultures & Communities, Military, Mexican America

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Related Publication: Man Made Mobile

Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Philip H. Sheridan

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: CL.035293Catalog Number: 3529335,293Accession Number: 89849

Object Name: saddle, charro

Physical Description: leather (overall material)iron (overall material)silver (overall material)parchment (overall material)wood (overall material)repoussed (overall production method/technique)stamped (overall production method/technique)

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-a9a9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_664536

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