Lid

Description

Circular box or basket lid, of woven whale baleen, with a walrus ivory base, bought in a tourist shop in Anchorage: North America, USA, Alaska, Point Barrow, Inupiat, by John Hank, 1994

Museum reference

A.1994.1327 B

Collection

Americas

Object name

Lid

Production information

Hank, John, 1994 - 2000 (fl.)
Point Barrow, Alaska, USA, North America

Date

1994

Style / Culture

Iñupiaq

Materials

Baleen, Walrus ivory

Physical description

Whale baleen with a carved walrus-shaped finial of walrus ivory

Collection place(s)

Point Barrow, Alaska, USA, North America

Associations

Anchorage, Alaska, USA, North America

Exhibitions

• Living Lands (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Treasured: Wonderful Things, Amazing Stories (14 Nov 2008 - 01 Jan 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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