Dempsey Bob (Tahltan/Tlingit) - New Terrains: Contemporary Native American Art New York Friday, January 5, 2024 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Private Collection, Northern California
    Bonhams, New York, June 6, 2016, lot 247
    Dr. Gregory and Angie Schaaf, Santa Fe, New Mexico (acquired at the above sale)

  • Exhibited

    New York, American Museum of Natural History, Totems to Turquoise, October 30, 2004 – July 10, 2005
    Ontario, Canada, McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Wolves: The Art of Dempsey Bob, Dec 10, 2022 – April 16, 2023

  • Literature

    Sarah Milroy, ed., Dempsey Bob: In His Own Words, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, 2022, no. 1 (illustrated)

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Chief’s headdress with a frontlet of two surmounted faces

signed "Bob 89" on the inside of the wooden head
hand carved Alder wood, paint, abalone shell eyes, ermine drops and woolen trade cloth
27 x 9 1/2 x 7 in. (68.6 x 24.1 x 17.8 cm)
Executed in 1989.

Price On Request

New Terrains: Contemporary Native American Art