Dog Motif Stirrups

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Dog Motif Stirrups

Date: late- 19th century

Medium: Wood and iron

Dimensions:

h. 7 in. (17.8 cm); w. 5 in. (12.7 cm); d. 9 in. (22.9 cm), each

Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, Gift of Peter P. Cecere

Object number: 2000.31.7.a-b

Label Text

This style of covered wooden stirrups, known as “trompa de chancho” (pig’s horn), was popular in nineteenth-century Chile and the rest of the southern Andes. This style of stirrup was made with a variety of materials, such as iron, bronze, silver, leather, and wood. This pair is unusual because of the dogs carved into the front of the stirrups; these kinds of stirrups were usually decorated with geometric and floral designs.

Este estilo de estribos de madera cubiertos se conoce como “trompa de chancho,” que fue un estilo popular en el sur de los Andes en el siglo XIX. Se producían con una variedad de materiales como el hierro, bronce, plata, cuero y madera, y generalmente se decoraban con diseños geométricos y florales. Los estribos tallados con rostros de perro son una excepción inusual a este género.

(LA, 2020)

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Dog Motif Stirrups

Dog Motif Stirrups