Basket

Description

Brown-black basket made of baleen with bone knob handle in centre of lid, the lid attached to body by means of two leather thongs, with an ivory hook at front that holds down the lid by means of a further thong: North America, USA, Alaska, Wainwright, Inuit, c. 1933

Museum reference

K.1999.365

Collection

Americas

Object name

Basket

Production information

Wainwright, Alaska, USA, North America

Date

c. 1933

Style / Culture

Iñupiaq

Materials

Baleen, Bone, Leather, Ivory

Physical description

Baleen, brown-black; bone knob handle in centre of lid; leather thongs; ivory hook

Associations

Rank, Ira, 1933 - 1934 (fl.)