Whip used by Rodeo Star Jack Cavanaugh
date: label: date made
content: 1930s
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Australian stock whip with an exceptionally intricate plait of various designs, made in the 1930s. It contains the leather from 3.5 cowhides and one deer hide and took almost a month to make. It tapers to 2.5 inches at the butt end to 1/8 of an inch at the other end. According to the donor, Jack Cavanaugh, a fellow rodeo cowboy, bought this whip in Australia while performing there in the 1930s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Australia
topic: label: name of sport
content: Rodeo
label: level of sport
content: Professional
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: web subject
content: Women
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: 1984.0088.09
label: accession number
content: 1984.0088
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0088.09
objectType: label: Object Name
content: whip
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 120 in x 1 1/2 in; 304.8 cm x 3.81 cm