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Tue, Dec 1, 2026 02:00PM EST
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Bidding is now open for our Native American Art & Jewelry auction, Day 1 of our three-day December sale, featuring Navajo, Zuni and Hopi silver and turquoise jewelry, Navajo rugs, Pueblo pottery, baskets, kachinas and carvings. Highlights include a Toby Henderson sterling and turquoise kachina sculpture, a Victor Coochwytewa Hopi overlay cuff and an Anthony Lovato tufa cast cuff, alongside pieces by Lewis Lomay, Peter and Dinah Gasper, Emma Lewis and Lowell Talashoma Sr., and more. Auction is Tuesday, December 1st at 1 PM CST. Local pickup is December 7th, 8th and 9th from 1 to 5 PM at 5263 Edina Industrial Blvd, Edina, MN. Shipping is available on all lots.
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Lot 195

Toby Henderson Turquoise & Sterling Kachina Sculpture

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
Starting Bid
$900

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $5
$50 $10
$250 $25
$1,000 $50
$2,000 $100
$4,000 $250
$10,000 $500
$20,000 $1,000
$50,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
$500,000 $10,000

Stamped on the bottom. 

 

Dimensions: 11 1/2" Tall x 6" Wide x 3" Deep 

 

Condition: The turquoise elements at the top of the head are slightly bent. Tarnishing throughout the silver. Please refer to images for details. 

 

Artist Bio: Most Navajo silver is made to be worn. Toby Henderson's best-known work is made to stand on its own. Raised in Phoenix, with family roots in the Borrego Pass area of the Navajo Nation in New Mexico, he learned the trade during boyhood summers with his grandparents, Helen and Jim Long, smiths known for the quality and invention of their work. His mother, Ella Long, works in silver and gold, as do his uncles Phillip and Tommy Long.

Henderson was the first in that family to build freestanding figures of the Holy People, hand crafting three-dimensional kachinas and Yei-be-chei dancers in sterling and setting them with turquoise. The Yei-be-chei are the Navajo Holy People who appear in the Night Chant, the winter healing ceremony, while the kachina figures draw on the ceremonial tradition of the neighboring pueblos. His work is both traditional and contemporary. His daughters and son now help with design, buffing and polishing in the shop. This turquoise and sterling kachina is stamped on the bottom.

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