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Baleen basketry is a particular type of basketry, an Alaska Native art made from whale baleen developed in Barrow, Point Hope, and Wainwright, Alaska by North Alaskan Iñupiaq people. Created at the dawn of the 20th century, the baskets made with baleen (a flexible material found in the mouths of Mysticeti or baleen whales ) were based on ...
Baleen baskets are typically embellished with walrus ivory carvings. [59] Cedar bark is often used in northwest coastal baskets. Throughout the Great Lakes and northeast, black ash and sweetgrass are woven into fancy work, featuring "porcupine" points, or decorated as strawberries. Bark baskets are traditional for gathering berries.
International Gallery of Contemporary Art, 2001. ISBN 978-0-9670709-0-2. Fair, Susan W. Alaska Native Art: Tradition, Innovation, Continuity. University of Alaska Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1-889963-79-2. Jackinsky, Nadia. "Four Exhibits of Alaska Native Art: Women Artists Breaking Boundaries."
The Alaska Native Arts Foundation (2002–present) [1] is a non-profit organization formed to support the Alaska Native art community. Its mission is focused on the advancement of Indigenous art into global marketplaces to enhance economic development in the state of Alaska and create fairly-priced markets for Alaska Native art.
Pat Courtney Gold (January 22, 1939 – July 11, 2022) [1] was a Wasco Native fiber artist and basket weaver from the Columbia River area of Oregon. [2] She graduated with a BA in mathematics and physics from Whitman College and worked as a mathematician-computer specialist before beginning her career in basket weaving. [3]
The walrus tusks of ivory and the baleen of bowhead whales are also utilized as Native expressions of art or tools. The use of these sensitive materials are inline with the practice of utilizing the gifts from the animals that are subsisted.
Fran Reed died of cancer on September 11, 2008, at the age of 65, in Anchorage, Alaska. [1] [5] She is survived by her husband and children.Reed's final scholarly paper, entitled Embellishment of the Alaska Native Gut Parka, was presented posthumously at the 11th Biennial Textile Society of America Symposium in Honolulu, Hawaii, by Audrey Armstrong. [2]
Changing Hands: Art without Reservation 2: Contemporary Native North American Art from the West, Northwest and Pacific. New York: Museum of Arts and Design, 2005. ISBN 1-890385-11-5. Penny, David W. North American Indian Art. London: Thames and Hudson, 2004. ISBN 0-500-20377-6. Seymour, Tryntje Van Ness. When the Rainbow Touches Down.