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SHELDON BOGENRIFE (1953-) INUPIAQ, WAINWRIGHT, ALASKA
Basket with Seal Knob, 1980sbaleen, ivory, and black inlay, 2 x 2 x 2 in (5.1 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm)
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A diminutive, spherical baleen basket featuring a seal head finial with huge, black eyes by Inupiaq artist Sheldon Bogenrife. A favoured motif to which he often returned, this fine example...A diminutive, spherical baleen basket featuring a seal head finial with huge, black eyes by Inupiaq artist Sheldon Bogenrife. A favoured motif to which he often returned, this fine example is very similar to one in the collection of the Bowdoin College Arctic Museum in Brunswick, Maine (2008.7.15).
More commonly made by male weavers, baleen baskets are constructed from baleen harvested from the bowhead whale. Baleen baskets are made using a coiling method of basketry making where wefts of baleen are sewn around warps of coiled rod. Each baleen baskets are mostly lidded baskets coiled around a perforated bone or ivory starter piece for the base, and a carved ivory or bone finial for the lid. Carved motifs on the finial vary widely, often depicting animals or common features of Northern Alaskan life.
This basket is constructed in a classic spherical shape with a slightly curved lid. The body of the basket is made using single rod coiling with spaced stitch wefts sewn around the coil. The ivory starter piece on the base of the basket is raised, providing a pedestal for the basket. The ivory finial on the basket lid is carved to depict a seal head with baleen inlay.
Sarah Raven
with Christopher W. Smith
Provenance
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