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Baleen basket with polar bear finial
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Baleen basket with polar bear finial

Datemid-late 20th century
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
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: 2024.19.148
Joshua Sakeagak (Iñupiat, 1946- 1982)
mid 20th century
Object number: 2024.19.144
Carved ivory tusk; sea gull, seals, walruses
Yup'ik
ca. 1915
Object number: 47.144