A type of pack saddle used in Spanish America, particularly in Mexico, designed for carrying heavy loads on animals like mules.
From Spanish aparejo, meaning 'rigging' or 'equipment,' derived from Latin apparatus ('prepared'). The term refers to the assembly of straps and padding that forms the saddle.
Spanish conquistadors and settlers across the Americas relied on aparejos to haul everything from silver from mines to supplies across deserts—this ingenious saddle design became essential to colonial commerce!
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