#2 • Iñupiat Baleen & Fossilized Ivory Baleen Basket - Eunice Hank

Part of Athena Estate Auction Part 3 (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $550.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A baleen basket, mostly in dark brown and accented with stripes in cream and caramel, and featuring a flat lid with double seal fossilized ivory finial. Signed on the underside of the fossilized ivory charger base by Iñupiat artist Eunice Hank (1919-1996) of Point Hope, Alaska. Measures approximately 4.25" in diameter x 2.75" tall.