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Baleen Basket- J. Omnik Jr, Ivory Whale Tail Finial, 4.5 For Sale
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Alaska Native Handmade Baleen basket featuring ivory whale tail finial by Inuit Artist James Omnik Jr of Point Hope, Alaska
Baleen baskets are a highly-prized and skillful art form of Northern Alaskan Inupiat Eskimos. 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
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