Lasso used by Don Bell while a Range Cowboy in Wyoming
name: label: user
content: Bell, Don
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Stiff nylon rope used by the donor, Don Bell, while a range cowboy at Hart Mountain, Wyoming. One end is knotted and the other is looped and secured by a leather with fur decoration. The rope was used by Bell while working for Bischoop and Woodruff to lasso sick cattle to doctor for hoof rot, pink eye, and snake bite. Don Bell joined the rodeo circuit at the age of 12 performing in the Clyde Miller Wild West Show, the Bill King Rodeo Co., and Rufus Rollins' Wild West Show. He retired from performing in 1949 but continued to work as a range cowboy and became a writer and historian of the rodeo lifestyle.
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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Don Bell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0253.01
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0253.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0253
objectType: label: Object Name
content: rope, rodeo
label: Object Type
content: rope
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nylon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34 ft x 1/2 in; 10.3632 m x 1.27 cm