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Image Not Available for Baleen basket with lying polar bear final
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
Artist Luke Koonook (Iñupiat, born 1933)
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
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 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 polar bear finial
Baleen basket with polar bear finial
Iñupiat
mid-late 20th century
Object number: 2024.19.126
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 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 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 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
Image Not Available for Coiled basket with lid
Coiled basket with lid
Rita Pitka Blumenstein (Iñupiat, Tununak, AK;1933-2021)
ca.1970
Object number: 2024.19.167
Carved ivory tusk; sea gull, seals, walruses
Carved ivory tusk; sea gull, seals, walruses
Yup'ik
ca. 1915
Object number: 47.144