Saddle
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1865
label: associated date
content: 1865
name: label: associated user
content: Sheridan, Philip H.
label: maker
content: Felipe del Aguila
notes: label: Description
content: 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, <i>la charrería</i> 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.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: 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.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Mexico
label: location where used
content: Mexico
title: label: Title (Spanish)
content: Montura
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Military
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content: Mexican America
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Man Made Mobile
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Philip H. Sheridan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.035293
label: catalog number
content: 35293
label: catalog number
content: 35,293
label: accession number
content: 89849
objectType: label: Object Name
content: saddle, charro
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: parchment (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: repoussed (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: stamped (overall production method/technique)