In October 1863, Reverend Robert J. Dundas of Scotland purchased eighty ceremonial objects that missionary William Duncan had acquired from Tsimshian Indians living along the coast of British Columbia. The collection included carved clubs, masks, rattles, bowls, and headdresses. It remained in the Dundas family until October 2006, when it was sold at auction for more than seven million dollars, a record for a private collection of Northwest art. 
This stunning book is the permanent record of the collection before much of it was repatriated to Native communities and the remainder was disbursed to museums and individuals. Thirty-six masterpieces of Tsimshian art are displayed in fifty full-color photographs. Essays by leading scholars of Northwest Coast art describe the history and importance of this extraordinary collection. 
Donald Ellis is a dealer in North American Native art. He played a major role in the acquisition of part of the Dundas Collection, and in the organization of the subsequent exhibition and book. Steven Clay Brown is a former curator of Native American art at the Seattle Art Museum who has written five books on Northwest Coast art, as well as articles and essays for many other publications. Bill Holm is a writer, former curator at the Burke Museum and University of Washington professor emeritus of art history. Alan L. Hoover is a former curator and manager at the Royal BC Museum who has written extensively on the culture and art of Northwest Coast peoples. Sarah Milroy is a former editor of Canadian Art magazine who has written widely on Canadian art, notably for The Globe and Mail. William White is a Tsimshian Chilkat weaver and a director of the Museum of Northern British Columbia in Prince Rupert.
"This collection gives us a remarkable measure, a dated picture of the arts of the Tsimshian of the northern Northwest Coast in the early years of outsider contact. Because of this, the Dundas collection stands out as a unique and valuable source of information, eminently useful in establishing the characteristics of northern British Columbia Native art in the middle years of the nineteenth century." - Bill Holm

Tsimshian Treasures: The Remarkable Journey of the Dundas Collection

Arts & Photography

HOLM, Bill

Brown, Steven Clay

Ellis,Donald

History & Criticism

Univ of Washington Pr

On August 10, 2006, Marquand Books launched the publication of Transfigurations: North Pacific Coast Art, a limited edition book of important Native American masterpieces.Known internationally for collecting and placing North Pacific Coast artwork and artifacts of the highest caliber, George Terasaki stands among the preeminent individuals in the field. Of the many thousands of artworks that have passed through his hands over the years, he has retained only a few of the most remarkable objects for his private collection. Few of these have ever been published before now.Less well known than the objects themselves are Terasaki's photographs of them-images that reveal his deep appreciation and emotional connection with each piece. At 12 × 13½ inches, this luxurious 248-page hardcover book illuminates these spectacular artworks in a deluxe presentation worthy of their quality.Noted scholar Steven Clay Brown provides insight and new scholarship on each of these prime examples of Native American art. A foreword by Edmund Carpenter introduces the collection.Privately published by Marquand Books, this sumptuous volume is printed in full color on 200 gsm GardaPat 13 stock and is bound in Brillianta cloth.Transfigurations is limited to 450 copies of the standard edition, and 50 copies of a special slipcase edition, which includes a signed Terasaki photograph in a separate print folder, also bound in Brillianta cloth. Each book is shipped in a tailored mailing carton.

Transfigurations: North Pacific Coast Art

Marquand Books, Inc.

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