Hand-woven and intricately carved Baleen Basket with Walrus Ivory finial top Polar Bear by Inupiaq artist Marilyn Hank of Point Hope, Alaska
Product Dimensions: 5" W x 5" L x 4.75" H
Baleen baskets are a highly-prized and skillful art form of Northern Alaskan Inupiats. Baleen is a flexible material from the inside of the bowhead whale, who uses a filter system (bowhead whales don't have teeth) to help process plankton and small fish. Baleen baskets are woven with thin strips of baleen in a method called coiling that sews baleen bands together, ending with a beautifully carved ivory finial as the basket lid handle
