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Segesser II

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On display in the Palace of the Governors, the Segesser Hides are a jewel of New Mexico's museum collections and bear the first known depictions of Spanish colonial life in the United States. The hides illustrate an ambush in present-day Nebraska of a 1720 expedition led by the then-Lt. Governor of New Mexico. Painted on animal hide, likely bison, they are believed to have been created in New Mexico, where imported canvas was rare. The hides found their way back to the Southwest—and eventually to the Palace—more than 200 years after Philipp von Segesser von Brunegg, a Jesuit priest, sent them to his family in Switzerland in 1758. It is believed that he acquired them in Sonora, Mexico, between 1732 and 1758, from the Anzas, a family that was prominent in military and civil affairs in both New Mexico and the Sonoran village where Father Segesser's mission was situated. (http://media.museumofnewmexico.org/mediabank.php?mode=events&action=detail&fileID=154&eventID=37&instID=19) The creator of the two Segesser Hides was likely an indigenous person from the southwestern region of the present-day USA, or perhaps of mixed heritage, who was familiar with the image-making traditions from centrail Mexico that were brought to New Spain.

ca. 1720 (?)

creation

2011-06-06

unknown Native American

unknown

Typically refers to the culture of the aboriginal peoples of the western hemisphere, particularly the native peoples of North America, excluding the Eskimos and Aleuts. It may also be used more broadly to refer to the culture of any native peoples of North America, Central America, South America, or the West Indies who are considered to belong to the Mongoloid division of the human species. In usage in the United States, the term "Amerindian" is often used for this broader meaning, with "Native American" reserved for the cultures of the native peoples of the United States and Canada, excluding the Eskimos and Aleuts. Indigenous peoples of Canada use the term "First Nations" to refer to their own communities; they often use it in a broader sense to refer to all indigenous peoples of the Americas. (AAT)

Colonial Spanish American

18th century

Oto Indians

Pawnee People

Great Plains

hybridity

Indigenous peoples

narrative (artistic device)

battles

French (French people)

violence

Spaniards

history (discipline)

Native Americans

history paintings

paintings (visual works)

paintings

paint on hide

4 ft 6 in (H) x 19 ft (W)

Museum of New Mexico

repository

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Pohl, Frances K. Framing America: A Social History of American Art. 1st ed. New York, NY: Thames and Hudson, 2002. Print.

0-5000-58334-6

37

1.34

unknown

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public domain

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