ALASKAN NATIVE~BALEEN BASKET*signed# CHERI ABLES

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ALASKAN NATIVE~BALEEN BASKET*signed# CHERI ABLES

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Sold Date: 10/16/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

AUTHENTIC ALASKAN NATIVE MADE HANDICRAFT ~BALEEN BASKET~
~BARREL BALEEN WOVEN BASKET w/ INLAYED BALEEN PEGS ON FOSSILIZED WALRUS IVORY SNAP LID~
~*~ SPIRITS ~*~
these baleen baskets are all a one of a kind design by Cheri Ables
DONT FORGET THIS WOULD MAKE A GREAT CHRISTMAS PRESENT, AND WE WILL SHIP IT RIGHT AWAY!!
THE GET IT FAST SHIPPING INFO IS AT THE BOTTOM, ALONG WITH REG 2 TO 5 DAY SHIPPING
BUT WHAT MAKES THIS ONE SO SPECIAL IS ITS THE FIRST ONE SHE HAS EVER MADE COMPLETLY BARREL SHIPPED!! CHERI IS MAKING NEW BASKETS FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON AND GIVING THEM TO ME, HER SISTER TO PUT ON EBAY INSTEAD OF THEM GOING TO THE MUSEUMS. THIS IS A INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE CHERIS BASKETS FOR UNDER THE WHOLESALE PRICES OF THE MUSEUM, CHERI IS PAID AS THE TOP WEAVER IN THE WORLD $345 A SQUARE INCH, WE COULD NEVER CHARGE WHAT THEY ARE REALLY WORTH, THE TIME AND SPIRIT THAT MY SISTER PUTS INTO THESE BASKETS IS AMAZING :)
JUST LIKE A SQUARE BASKET, THE BASKET WILL ADVENTUALLY TURN INTO A ROUND BASKET, AND THE SAME GOES WITH THE OVAL, AND NOW SHE HAS WOVEN A BARREL BASKET!!! BUT SHE HAS INCORPORATED ONE OF HER GRANDMOTHER'S TRICKS OF THE WEAVING TRADE, AND KNOW CAN WEAVE A INCREDIBLE HIGH ROUND WITH A LONGGATED OVAL SHAPE :) BALEEN BASKET!!!
WOVEN BY "CHERI ABLES" THIS IS A AMAZING HAND WOVEN TRADITIONAL STYLE BALEEN BASKET, BUT CHERI USES HER GRANDMOTHERS TRADITIONAL BASKETRY MIXED WITH HER OWN STYLE!!! THAT's HAS MADE HER #1 IN HER FIELD, ( MORE INFO BELOW ON HER ) AND THIS ONE IS HER FIRST EVER COMPLETLY OVAL BALEEN BASKET!!
USING FOSSILIZED WALRUS IVORY FOR THE BOTTOM STARTER BUTTON WOVEN INTO THE BASKET GIVING ITS UNIQUE SHAPE , AND FOSSILIZED WALRUS IVORY FOR THE LID, AND THE LID IS A SNAP LID THAT IS SO TIGHT YOU CAN PICK UP THE HOLE BASKET WITH THE LID, SHE HAS ALSO INLAYED 6 BALEEN PEGS INTO THE TOP OF THIS BASKET LID TO GIVE IT ANOTHER ONE OF CHERIS GREAT ORIGINAL DESIGNS!!!!!! THE BOTTOM IS SIGNED BY CHERI, DATED AND NUMBERED...
THIS BASKET MEASURES 5 INCHES AROUND AT THE BOTTOM, AND 4 INCHES AROUND AT THE TOP AND 2 INCHES ACROSS X 3 INCHES HIGH
~~~~THIS BASKET IS A WOVEN WORK OF ART!!, THIS IS ANOTHER "ONE OF A KIND" THIS PEICE IS BOTH A TRADITIONAL MEETS MODERN SPANNING THE BRIDGE OF OUR NATIVE CULTURES, AND YET STILL A FUNCTIONAL BASKET~~~~ THE FOSSILIZED WALRUS IVORY WOVEN INTO THE SIDES ( ON MOST OF HER BASKETS, AND HER BASKET STYLE ( CHERI COPY WRITED DESIGNS) IS TO GIVE THE BASKETS ITS UNIQUE SHAPES, splitting the baleen (still in traditional style and in round wefts!) and still so small that it can be woven around the ivory this is how cheri got her copywrited design. EACH WRAPPED ROW IS DONE WITH A SINEW INSTEAD SO THAT SHE HAS THE FLEXABLITLY TO CREATE THE PEICE, ALL THE BALEEN IS DONE TRADITIONAL, JUST LIKE SHE WAS TAUGHT, BUT SHE DOES IT MUCH SMALLER, THIS MAKES IT MUCH LONGER TO WEAVE AND HARDER, BUT THE OUTCOME IS AS YOU SEE, AMAZING!!!
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T IS NO MOVEMENT OR PLAY IN THIS MASTER~PEICE, AND THE STITCH PER INCH IS OVER 130, THAT MEANS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF HER STITCHES ARE 1 TO 2 TO 3MM APART WOW!!! INFO BELOW IS ON CHERIS BASKETS :) * THIS IS A TRULY AMAZING BALEEN BASKET, IT IS UNLIKE ANY OTHER BALEEN BASKET YOU HAVE EVER SEEN UNLESS YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE CORRINGTONS MUSEUM IN SKAGWAY, ALASKA OR THE SMITHSONIAN, THAT IS W SHERRY " OR BETTER KNOWN AS THE FAMOUS CHERI ABLES BASKETS" DISPLAYS HER ART WORK! the two photo shown below show a picture of a mural on the outside of the museum of her basketry and the other poster from the museums and gallery of her work!!.......
* SHE WAS TAUGHT BASKETRY WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 10 YEARS OLD IN THE TRADITIONAL ALEUT STYLE, BUT DECIDED BY THE AGE OF 12 TO MAKE IT HER OWN, SO SHE STARTED TO DREAM OF NEW WAYS TO CREATE THE INCREDIBLE PEICES OF FUNCTONABLE ART FORMS. BY THE AGE OF 17 SHE WAS ONE OF ALASKA 30 MOST FAMOUS ARTIST, AND BY THE AGE OF 21 SHE HAD WON A SHOW AT THE LOCAL ANCHORAGE MUSEUM, AND HER BASKETS WERE ON THE WAY TO THE SMITHSONIAN. * UP FOR AUTION IS HER FIR...