Saddle Blanket used by Rodeo Star Juanita Howell
name: label: user
content: Howell, Juanita I.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Tan, wool saddle blanket with a diamond pattern of brown and pink woven into the center, two lines of brown, a line of pink and another line of brown bordering the smaller edge of the blanket. This blanket was used by Juanita Howell's horse during her rodeo career. While both were individual rodeo performers in the early 1930s, Juanita and Chet Howell began their rodeo career together in 1938 and worked 24 rodeos with their trick riding and roping acts in 1939. They traveled the world together until Juanita retired from the rodeo circuit in 1952 while Chet continued on for a few more years and then retired as well. They were good friends of Bernice and Frank Dean who helped them develop their rodeo skills.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport
content: Rodeo
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: web subject
content: Women
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Juanita I. Howell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0890.01
label: accession number
content: 1985.0890
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0890.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Blanket, Saddle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brown (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 31 in x 27 in; 78.74 cm x 68.58 cm