一对Rowel马刺 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	一对Rowel马刺
品名（英）	Pair of Rowel Spurs
入馆年号	1914年，14.25.1740a, b
策展部门	武器和盔甲（Arms and Armor）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1701 - 公元 1750
创作地区	原产国: 墨西哥（Country of Origin: Mexico）
分类	马术装备马刺（Equestrian Equipment-Spurs）
尺寸	Spur (a): 长 11 英寸 (27.9 厘米); 宽 3 1/2 英寸 (8.9 厘米); 直径 of rowel 6 7/8 英寸 (17.5 厘米); 重 1 磅 3.4 盎司 (550 g); spur (b): 长 11 英寸 (27.9 厘米); 宽 3 1/2 英寸 (8.9 厘米); 直径 of rowel 7 英寸 (17.8 厘米); 重 1 磅 3 盎司 (538.6 g)
介绍（中）	这些令人印象深刻的马刺中的每一个都装饰在鞋跟带上，上面装饰着精致的穿孔装饰，以狮子在植物卷轴中行走为特色。小鸟和天鹅栖息在它长长的弯曲脖子上，脖子上有一个大罗尔。虽然穿孔装饰受到16世纪和17世纪德国南部通过西班牙进口的马具以及中国纺织品的影响，但像这些例子一样的18世纪墨西哥马刺，除了碎片和马镫外，通常还具有本地设计和动物，如鸟类和猴子。只有少数非常熟练的马刺制造商，主要在墨西哥城工作，能够制造出这样的金属制品。有些部分，如脖子，由一块铁皮制成，切片和卷曲以创建铁卷轴和它们的小鸟。这些碎片通常在制造过程中被加热几次，使金属具有光泽的外观，旨在模仿银。令人印象深刻，但非常不切实际，这些马刺会在仪式和节日期间被用作身份的标志，说明马在传统墨西哥社会中的重要性。
介绍（英）	Each of these impressive spurs is adorned on the heel band with delicate pierced decoration featuring lions walking among vegetal scrolls. Small birds and a swan inhabit its long curved neck, which holds a large rowel. While the pierced decoration was influenced by the importation, via Spain, of horse equipment made in Southern Germany in the 16th and 17th centuries, as well as by Chinese textiles, 18th-century Mexican spurs like these examples, in addition to bits and stirrups, often feature native designs and animals, such as birds and monkeys. Only a few very skilled spur makers, mostly working in Mexico City, were able to create such metalwork. Some parts, like the neck, are made out of a single iron sheet, sliced and curled to create the iron scrolls and their small birds. The pieces were usually heated several times during their manufacture, giving the metal a shiny appearance meant to imitate silver. Impressive, but highly impractical, these spurs would have been used during ceremonies and festivals as a mark of status, speaking to the importance of horses in traditional Mexican society.