baleen basket with lid, Hubert Koonuk

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Hubert Koonuk, baleen basket with lid
Hubert Koonuk, baleen basket with lid
Hubert Koonuk
baleen basket with lid
circa 1972
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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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.