alb3802269
Native American Indian Bear Dance
| Share |
|---|
 Pinterest |
 Twitter |
 Facebook |
 Copy link |
 Email |
|
Add to another lightbox |
|
Add to another lightbox |
Buy this image.
Select the use:
Title:
Native American Indian Bear Dance
Caption:
Lithograph entitled: "The Indian Bear dance invoking the aid and protection of the bear spirit." The special powers of the bear was celebrated each year by Native American tribes that practiced the "Bear Dance." Practiced by many tribes in western North America, at its core lay the belief that Native Americans are bears in human form. These "bears shaped like men" would perform the ritual dance each spring to rouse their furry relatives from hibernation. In exchange for this service, Native Americans received friendship and protection from their more animal-like kin, the bears. As the Bear Dance commenced, it was believed that spirit messengers traveled from bear den to bear den, gently coaxing the snoozing inhabitants from their slumber. With the ceremony underway, the loud chanting of the singers, the relentless pounding of the drummers and the violent stomping of the dancers fully awakened the groggy bears.
Personalities:
Category:
History: United States
Credit:
Album / Science Source / Photo Researchers
Releases:
Image size:
4196 x 2885 px | 34.6 MB
Print size:
35.5 x 24.4 cm | 14.0 x 9.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
19TH CENTURY • AMERICA • AMERICAN INDIAN • AMERICAN INDIANS • AMERICAN • AMERICAN-INDIAN • ANTHROPOLOGY • ART • ARTWORK • BEAR DANCE • BEAR SPIRIT • CELEBRATE • CELEBRATION • CEREMONIAL • CEREMONY • CHANT • CHANTING • CULTURAL • CULTURE • CURRIER & IVES • CURRIER AND IVES • DANCE • DANCING • DRAWING • FIRST PEOPLE • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HISTORY: UNITED STATES • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • INDIAN • INDIANS (AMERICAN) • INDIGENOUS AMERICAN • INDIGENOUS NORTH AMERICAN • INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS • INDIO • INVOCATION • INVOKING • KEEP WARM • LITHOGRAPH • MALE • MAN • MEN • NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN • NATIVE AMERICAN • NATIVE AMERICANS • NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN • PDC BOOK • PROTECT • PROTECTION • RITUAL • SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY • SPEAKING CHOIR • TATOO • TATTOO • TATTOOED • TATTOOS • TRADITION • TRADITIONAL • TRADITIONS • TRIBAL • UNITED STATES • US • USA
