#57 • Baleen Basket w/ Walrus Tusk Polar Bear Finial - Andrew Oenga

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

High bid $3,700.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A round baleen basket with deeply curved sides, accented with thin strips of pale or bleached baleen around the middle of the basket, the rim of the lid, and around base of the finial. Charger base is of fossilized walrus tusk, as well as the scrimshaw polar bear finial. Unsigned, but most certainly of the style handcrafted by Inupiaq elder Andrew Oenga (20th Century) of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Basket measures approximately 5" in diameter x 3" tall.