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A signed baleen basket, hand-woven and beautifully carved by Iñupiaq artist Max Tooyuk (21st Century), topped with a detailed polar bear finial made of walrus tusk. Baleen is a flexible natural material within the mouths of bowhead whales, and functions as a filtering system to help process plankton and small fish. Baleen baskets are woven with thin strips of baleen using coiling that sews baleen bands together; baskets are usually topped with a carved walrus tusk figural finial on the basket lid to be used as a handle. Basket measures approximately 3.75" x 3.75" x 4" tall.