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Large coiled basket tray with red geometric designs
Unidentified
Large coiled basket tray with red geometric designs
Unidentified
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Coiled baleen basket with ivory walrus on lid / Unidentified

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Coiled baleen basket and lid with ivory walrus decoration. Baleen is obtained from the strainers in a bowhead, grey, humpback, whale’s mouth.

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Title(s): 
Coiled baleen basket with ivory walrus on lid
Creator(s): 
Unidentified (Author)
Culture: 
Native American; Inuit
Date: 
early 20th century
Period: 
Historic
Materials/Techniques: 
baleen, ivory
Classification: 
Ethnographic Objects
Baskets
Object Type: 
Basket
Accession No: 
71.496a-b
Previous Number(s): 
71.496 a-b
Department: 
Anthropology
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