# @newarkmuseumart on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DX9o1DlOZjo
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65241042-newarkmuseumart-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-05T16:20:51.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Newark Museum of Art (@newarkmuseumart) — https://gondola.cc/newarkmuseumart

## Caption

In the early decades of the nineteenth century 🕰️, and especially after Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821 ✊🏽, foreign travelers flocked to Mexico eager to see a new country with their own eyes.👀

🧵Garments like the sarape seen here were central to the exotic, picturesque Mexico they constructed.

Mexicans themselves saw the sarape as symbol of Mexican identity✨. It was popularized by Men vaqueros, or cowboys, and gained its iconic status when it was adopted by members of the upperclass who supported Mexican independence.✊🏽

Happy Cinco de Mayo 🇲🇽🎉

Unrecorded artist, Sarape, 19th century
Saltillo, Mexico
Wool, cotton, 91 1/2 x 49 1/4 in.
Gift of Miss Caroline La Monte 26.1492

#cincodemayo #nmoa #sarape #saltillomexico

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nmoa, cincodemayo, sarape, saltillomexico

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