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ITEM NUMBER: AK0591
Inuit Basket
$2,500
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Inuit bundle coiled basket of wild rye grass stained natural fiber with fossilized ivory carving of a bull walrus finial. Exceptional condition.
Inuit basket by Lydia (Lidia) Tukai (1928 - ), Disk Number E9-1584 from Inukjuak, Port Harrison. Lydia was multi-talented excelling in basketry, sculpture and art. She was the wife of Silassie Tukai and a well know Inuit artist. Together they created many beautiful works created by her weaving skills and his carving of finials.
PERIOD: 20th CenturyORIGIN: Arctic - Inuit, Native American
SIZE: 9"D x 10" top of finial.
