#67 • Inupiaq Baleen Basket w/ Swan Finial

Part of December 2025 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $1,200.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

An Inupiaq baleen basket with a fitted lid featuring a lovely walrus tusk finial carved in the shape of a swan. No maker's mark, but a label identifies its source of origin as Point Hope Arts & Crafts. The Alaskan Native art of baleen basket making is kept alive by very few people, mostly men, and produced in only a few towns and villages across Alaska, such as Barrow, Point Hope, Kivalina, and Kotzebue. Measures approximately 5" in diameter x 4.75" tall.