Product Overview
Carl Hank, Inupiaq, is a baleen basket maker, born in Point Barrow, Alaska. He currently resides in Anchorage, Alaska. The story of baleen basketry as an art form cannot be told without the Hank family. For generations they have kept this unique and laborious weaving tradition alive. Carl is the great-grandson of master weavers Carl and Eunice Hank. His uncle is noted weaver Harry Hank. Carl continues to develop his skills and style and is gaining a reputation as one of the most accomplished baleen basket weavers working today.
The basket is made of baleen and walrus ivory. The finial on top is a bird carved out of walrus ivory. The basket is approximately 3" in diameter and 4.5" high.
