Mexican Saddle
date: label: Date made
content: ca. 1840-1860
name: label: associated user
content: Harney, William Selby
notes: label: Description
content: This military saddle, decorated with the Mexican national emblem, was taken as a battle trophy during the Mexican War after the American victory at Cerro Gordo, Mexico.
label: Description
content: In 1848, the United States defeated Mexico in a war for control of the southwestern territory that extended from Texas to California. Many Americans hailed the victory as fulfilling their "manifest destiny" to expand across the continent. But expansion also posed new challenges to American democracy, including the extension of slavery and preserving the rights of Mexican citizens living in the ceded territory.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (strap; strap fragment)
place: label: place made
content: Mexico
label: location where used
content: Mexico
topic: label: used
content: Horseback Riding
label: related event
content: Mexican War
label: related event
content: Battle of Cerro Gordo, 1847
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: Military
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mary E. Harney
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.005664
label: accession number
content: 22920
label: catalog number
content: 5664
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Saddle, Stock
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, brass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cast (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: drawn (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: stamped (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: tanned (overall production method/technique)