The Vaquero is a horse-mounted herdsman of a tradition that has its roots in the Iberian Peninsula and largely developed in Mexico from a methodology brought to Latin America from Spain. The Vaquero became the basis of the North American cowboy.
Turning in the saddle to survey the herd this proud vaquero is dressed in typical ‘Mexican’ style with the short, embroidered jacket and the close-fitting and studded trousers (copied from Napoleonic Cavalry overalls). On his head he wears a large sombrero and around his neck a colourful red bandanna. Behind him, on his black & white ‘Pinto’, rests a folded native blanket and around his waist a gunbelt and a holstered a .44 Navy Colt pistol.