Call NumberP-707CreatorPoley, H. S. (Horace Swartley)Date1890SummaryNative American (Ute) men and women take part in a Bear Dance near Ignacio, La Plata County, Colorado. A line of men face a line of women while a group of men who sit in a circle probably play drums and moraches near a wood rail and brush fence. One man looks on.Physical Description1 photonegative : nitrate ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.); 1 photoprint ; 11 x 16 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectBear dance--Colorado--IgnacioIndians of North America--Women--Colorado--IgnacioUte Indians--Dance--Colorado--IgnacioIgnacio (Colo.)Ute Indian Reservation (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR700170707Type of MaterialNitrate negativesPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromH. S. Poley.Original Material Found in CollectionC Photo Collection 37. H. S. Poley collection.NotesCondition: emulsion flaking on nitrate negative. Photographer's seal embossed on print. Title inked on back of print. Vintage photographic print. Written on back of print: "Indians- Utes Arts & customs- Dances" "Ignacio, Colo."; Written on cellulose nitrate negative: "76+". R700177079
Poley, H. S. (Horace Swartley), Ute Boyle [i.e. Baile] del Oso (Bear Dance) on reservation (1890). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 09/12/2025, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1037192
