Baleen basket with polar bear finial
Datemid-late 20th century
Artist
Iñupiat
Object number2024.19.126
ProvenanceeBay seller Henry M. Okleshen, Mankato, Minnesota, October 2005; purchased on eBay by Charles and Gayle Pancerzewski, Mukilteo, Washington, October 2005; by gift to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2024
Credit LineGift of Charles and Gayle Pancerzewski
DimensionsHeight: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Diameter: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
Mediumwhale baleen, walrus ivory
Luke Koonook (Iñupiat, born 1933)
ca.1990
Object number: 2024.19.149
Eunice Hank (Iñupiat, Point Barrow, 1919-1996?)
ca.1980
Object number: 2024.19.125
Marvin Sabvan Peter (Iñupiat, 1911-1962)
mid 20th century
Object number: 2024.19.128
attrib. to Kinuktuk (Iñupiat, 1871-1941)
mid-late 20th century
Object number: 2024.19.145
Luke Koonook (Iñupiat, born 1933)
ca.1980
Object number: 2024.19.146
Luke Koonook (Iñupiat, born 1933)
ca.1980
Object number: 2024.19.147
Luke Koonook (Iñupiat, born 1933)
ca.1980
Object number: 2024.19.148
Joshua Sakeagak (Iñupiat, 1946- 1982)
mid 20th century
Object number: 2024.19.144