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Baleen basket with lying polar bear final
Image Not Available for Baleen basket with lying polar bear final

Baleen basket with lying polar bear final

Dateca.1990
Object number2024.19.149
Provenanceunknown owner, Anchorage, Alaska; purchased by Charles and Gayle Pancerzewski, Mukilteo, Washington, August 1981; by gift to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2024
Credit LineGift of Charles and Gayle Pancerzewski
Dimensions3 x 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (7.6 x 8.3 x 6.4 cm)
Mediumwhale baleen, walrus ivory
Luke Koonook (Iñupiat, born 1933)
ca.1980
Object number: 2024.19.148
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
Joshua Sakeagak (Iñupiat, 1946- 1982)
mid 20th century
Object number: 2024.19.144
Rita Pitka Blumenstein (Iñupiat, Tununak, AK;1933-2021)
ca.1970
Object number: 2024.19.167
Carved ivory tusk; sea gull, seals, walruses
Yup'ik
ca. 1915
Object number: 47.144