Baleen basket
1A5 Carl Toolak, Baleen basket, 1940
Baleen basket
Artist: Carl Toolak
Date: 1940
Carl Toolak (c. 1885- c. 1945, Inupiat, Point Barrow, Alaska), Baleen basket, 1940. Baleen (whalebone) and ivory, height 3 1/2 in., diameter 3 1/3 in. (9.0 x 8.5 cm.). Courtesy of the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, Seattle, Wash., Catalog number 1.2E1180.