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Image Not Available for Baleen basket with polar bear finial
Baleen basket with polar bear finial
Image Not Available for Baleen basket with polar bear finial

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
Image Not Available for Baleen basket with lying polar bear final
Baleen basket with lying polar bear final
Luke Koonook (Iñupiat, born 1933)
ca.1990
Object number: 2024.19.149
Image Not Available for Baleen basket with seal finial
Baleen basket with seal finial
Eunice Hank (Iñupiat, Point Barrow, 1919-1996?)
ca.1980
Object number: 2024.19.125
Image Not Available for Baleen basket with walrus head finial
Baleen basket with walrus head finial
Marvin Sabvan Peter (Iñupiat, 1911-1962)
mid 20th century
Object number: 2024.19.128
Image Not Available for Small baleen basket with walrus finial
Small baleen basket with walrus finial
attrib. to Kinuktuk (Iñupiat, 1871-1941)
mid-late 20th century
Object number: 2024.19.145
Image Not Available for Baleen basket with two ivory fox finial
Baleen basket with two ivory fox finial
Luke Koonook (Iñupiat, born 1933)
ca.1980
Object number: 2024.19.146
Image Not Available for Baleen basket with ivory eagle finial
Baleen basket with ivory eagle finial
Luke Koonook (Iñupiat, born 1933)
ca.1980
Object number: 2024.19.147
Image Not Available for Baleen basket with ivory knob on lid
Baleen basket with ivory knob on lid
Kinuktuk (Iñupiat, 1871-1941)
ca.1930
Object number: 2024.19.127
Image Not Available for Baleen basket with ivory eagle final
Baleen basket with ivory eagle final
Luke Koonook (Iñupiat, born 1933)
ca.1980
Object number: 2024.19.148
Image Not Available for Lidded baleen basket with walrus head finial
Lidded baleen basket with walrus head finial
late 19th century
Object number: 2024.19.301
Image Not Available for Large baleen basket with walrus finial
Large baleen basket with walrus finial
Joshua Sakeagak (Iñupiat, 1946- 1982)
mid 20th century
Object number: 2024.19.144
Carved ivory tusk; sea gull, seals, walruses
Carved ivory tusk; sea gull, seals, walruses
Yup'ik
ca. 1915
Object number: 47.144
Image Not Available for Ivory cribbage board in shape of halibut
Ivory cribbage board in shape of halibut
Iñupiat
ca.1940
Object number: 2024.19.164