baleen basket with lid

Hubert Koonuk, artist

Cultural affiliations: Tikeramiut Inupiaq

1911–1994

baleen basket with lid, circa 1972

Where object was made: Point Hope, Alaska, United States

Material/technique: bowhead whale baleen; walrus ivory; coiling; carving

Dimensions:
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 8 x 10.5 cm height with lid
Object Height/Diameter (Height x Diameter): 3 1/8 x 4 3/16 in

Credit line: Gift of Ann P. Schlager

Accession number: 2007.2549.a,b

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To make baskets such as this, baleen (the comb-like filters that plankton eating whales have in place of teeth) is soaked and cut into strips of the appropriate size. The walrus ivory decoration serves as a handle.

Exhibition Label:
"Roots and Journeys: Encountering Global Arts and Cultures," Jul-2011, Nancy Mahaney
To make baskets such as this, baleen (the comb-like filters that plankton eating whales have in place of teeth) is soaked and cut into strips of the appropriate size. The walrus ivory
decoration serves as a handle.