Rodeo Costume Dress worn by Rodeo Star and Trick Rider Bernice Dean
name: label: wearer
content: Dean, Bernice
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Black velvet tunic with white lace sleeves and black velvet cuffs with rhinestones and two snaps. There are white sequins and rhinestones circling the yoke and continue down the front and around to the back. This was handmade and worn by rodeo star Bernice Dean.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Frank and Bernice Dean toured the rodeo circuit for 45 years beginning in the 1930s. They performed all over the world in wild west shows, rodeos, motion pictures, circuses, vaudeville and night clubs until Bernice's death in 1980 and Frank's passing in 1985. They were featured in the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show and were both Guinness World Record holders. According to Frank, Bernice was "the most versatile of all the Cowgirls." She was proficient at shooting, rope spinning, trick riding, whip popping, horse training and showing, juggling and balancing on a rolling globe, knife throwing, roman riding, bronc riding and relay riding.
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: Frank Dean
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0088.05
label: accession number
content: 1984.0088
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0088.05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dress
label: Object Type
content: costume
label: Object Type
content: Costume
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: lace (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: velvet (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 29 in x 32 in; 73.66 cm x 81.28 cm
label: Measurements
content: sleeve: 27 in; 68.58 cm
label: Measurements
content: waist: 32 in; 81.28 cm