#58 • Baleen Basket w/ Sewing Needle & Sinew

Part of October 2023 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $600.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A solid black walrus baleen basket with protective eight-sided slice of walrus tusk covering the charger bottom, mirrored by the same shape finial upon the lid. Housed within is a walrus tusk sewing needle, threaded with a coiled length of sinew and wrapped in a small piece of caribou hide. Signed inside for "R.C. 200", this tightly woven Iñupiaq basket measures approximately 4" in diameter x 4" tall.