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54: 174:) is recognized as the first baleen basketmaker with his first pieces made between 1914 and 1918 in Barrow. He was perhaps the only baleen basketmaker as late as 1931. Today, most baleen basketmakers live in Point Hope, Alaska. Kinguktuk's early baskets were woven in the single-rod coiling of their willow-root prototypes, and already had starter pieces, the perforated ivory discs used to attach beginning stitches, at the center of their lids and bases. 20: 123:
disks at the start. A coiling method is used to sew baleen bands together, ending with a carved ivory knob on the handle. Most baleen baskets are made by men for sale to tourists, but over time distinctive styles have developed, and since the 1970s more women have become involved in what was
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made with baleen (a flexible material found in the mouths of Mysticeti or
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originally a predominantly male occupation. Expertly carved
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baleen basket, with an ivory polar bear and seal handle (
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in Iñupiaq) was made at Barrow after the termination of
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people. Created at the dawn of the 20th century, the
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Inupiat
baleen
finial
Barrow, Alaska
Museum of Man
San Diego
California

Inupiat
finial
Point Hope, Alaska
Honolulu Museum of Art
basketry
Alaska Native art
baleen
Barrow
Point Hope
Wainwright
Alaska
Iñupiaq
baskets
baleen whales
ivory
finials
Siberian Yupik
St. Lawrence Island
King Island
commercial whaling
North American fur trade

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