Detail View: George Catlin: The Printed Works: Bear Dance, preparing for a bear hunt

Work Record ID: 
106
Reproduction Record ID: 
106
Work Class: 
scenes (depictions)
Work Type: 
print
Title: 
The Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians.
Title Type: 
collective title
Title: 
Bear Dance, preparing for a bear hunt
Title Type: 
preferred title
Measurements: 
4.85 x 6.825 in (12.32 x 17.34 cm)
Measurement Type: 
dimensions
Material: 
paper (fiber product)
Material Type: 
support
Technique: 
chromolithograph
Creator: 
Catlin, George, 1796-1872
Creator Dates: 
1796-1872
Creator Nationality: 
American
Creator Type: 
personal name
Creator Role: 
painter
Date: 
1841
Date: 
1892
Date Type: 
facsimile
Location: 
Fort Pierre (S.D.)
Location Type: 
creation site
Repository: 
Archives and Rare Books Library, University Libraries, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Repository Type: 
current repository
ID Number: 
ARB RB E77.C4 v.1
ID Number Type: 
call number
ID Number: 
102
ID Number Type: 
plate number
ID Number: 
447
ID Number Type: 
standard number
Style Period: 
Art, American--19th century
Style Period: 
realism
Culture: 
American
Subject: 
Trade bead necklaces
Subject: 
Indians of North America--19th century
Subject: 
Indians in art
Subject: 
Breechcloths
Subject: 
Body painting
Subject: 
Face painting
Subject: 
Feathers
Subject: 
Shamans
Subject: 
Costumes
Subject: 
Hides and skins--Bears
Subject: 
Masks
Subject: 
Lakota (Teton)
Subject: 
Peace medals
Subject: 
Anklets (Ornaments)
Subject: 
Bear dance (Lakota (Teton))
Related Work: 
Catlin, George, 1796-1872. The Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. London: Published by the Author, at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, 1841. [1892]
Relation Type: 
larger entity
Description: 
Described in Vol. I, p. 245. Caption from Truettner catalog of Catlin's Indian Gallery. Entry from Catlin's 1848 catalog reads, "Bear Dance, Sioux--Preparing for a Bear Hunt--Song to the Great Spirit, praying for success." Originally sketched in 1832 and painted in the period 1835-1837 (Truettner, 1979, p. 271). See also plate 18 in Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio.
Reproduction Rights Statement: 
(c)University of Cincinnati Digital Press 1997
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