Baleen Basketry of the North Alaskan Eskimo

i-709. Early Kinguktuk basket with geometric final.

Baleen. 7.5x11.2 cm. Narrow weft. Alaska State Museum, Juneau.

 i-713. Baleen basket by Marvin S. Peter with shape characteristic of his early work.

6x10 cm. Spaced stitch. Marked "M.S.P., #176, 1937." Resurrection Bay Historical Society Museum, Seward.

 i-716. Example of shape experiments characteristic of early baleen basketmaking.

Baleen and ivory. 10x7 cm. Collected in 1938 or 1939. Historical Society of Seattle and King County Museum, Museum of History and Industry.

 i-721. Baleen basket by Robert James, Wainwright.

5x9.2 cm. Narrow weft. Bird quill decoration. Woven before 1967. Marked "Robert James, Wainwright, Alaska." University Museum, Fairbanks.

 i-725.Incised base starter piece of Abe P. Simmonds basket.

Ivory w/ etching. 6 cm (starter piece diameter). 1961. University Museum, Fairbanks.


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