W 020 Mexican outlaw

The expansion towards the South and West promoted by the United States government, especially after the annexation of the territory of Texas, belonging to Mexico, created the point of contact between two relatively different cultures: the Anglo-Saxon American and the mestizo and cultural Latin, Mexican.

This toy soldier represents the perhaps idealized image that north of Rio Grande had of Mexican outlaws. Although he responds more to the image of the irregulars, or rural police of the Mexican state, similar in their organization and functions to the Texas rangers.

The somewhat ostentatious Mexican character is represented in the attire of this figure. Quality fabrics, loaded with ornaments, embossed leather boots, Saxon-style buttoned and flared pants, which protected the authentic pants they wore underneath them.

The large charro hat, in many cases, profusely embroidered, was more for ceremonial or gala use in special moments than used in the hot rides that these men carried out on both sides of the border.