The Boy-Bear’s Cub-Brothers, Growing Too Big, Were Sent, Wearing Sacred Wampum Back to Their Natural Home, from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians

Robert Riggs, The Boy-Bear's Cub-Brothers, Growing Too Big, Were Sent, Wearing Sacred Wampum Back to Their Natural Home, from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians, ca. 1966, graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind, 1986.91.4

Robert Riggs, The Boy-Bear's Cub-Brothers, Growing Too Big, Were Sent, Wearing Sacred Wampum Back to Their Natural Home, from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians, ca. 1966, graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard, sheet: 21 ⁷⁄₈ x 27 ⁵⁄₈ in. (55.6 x 70.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind, 1986.91.4

Artwork Details

Title: The Boy-Bear’s Cub-Brothers, Growing Too Big, Were Sent, Wearing Sacred Wampum Back to Their Natural Home, from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians
Artist: Robert Riggs
Date: ca. 1966
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: sheet: 21 ⁷⁄₈ x 27 ⁵⁄₈ in. (55.6 x 70.3 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Philip Desind
Mediums: graphite
Mediums Description: graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard
Classifications: Drawing
Subjects: Indian — Lenape
Mythology — other — American Indian
Figure group — male
Object Number: 1986.91.4
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1986.91.4

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Robert Riggs, The Boy-Bear's Cub-Brothers, Growing Too Big, Were Sent, Wearing Sacred Wampum Back to Their Natural Home, from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians, ca. 1966, graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind, 1986.91.4

The Boy-Bear’s Cub-Brothers, Growing Too Big, Were Sent,…

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Dateca. 1966

graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard

Robert Riggs, There Were Once Seven Boys, Who Spent All Their Time Dancing, and so, They Danced Up Into the Sky, And Are There Now: The Pleiades., from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians, ca. 1966, graphite and charcoal on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind, 1986.91.1

There Were Once Seven Boys, Who Spent All Their Time…

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Robert Riggs, The Spirit of a Bear, Being Released from Its Body, Carries a Plea for Good Hunting to the Manitu Above, from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians, ca. 1966, graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind, 1986.91.12

The Spirit of a Bear, Being Released from Its Body, Carries…

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Dateca. 1966

graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard

Robert Riggs, Twelve Men, Searching for a Sacrificial Bear, Were Led by the Boy-Bear, Who Always Knew Where a Bear Was Sleeping, Calling Out "There Is a Bear There," and Again, "There.", from the series Legends of the Lenape Indians, ca. 1966, graphite and scratchwork on prepared paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Philip Desind, 1986.91.10

Twelve Men, Searching for a Sacrificial Bear, Were Led by…

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Dateca. 1966

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