IDENTITY: EXPRESSIONS

Gut Culture Bearers

Gut practices continue with culture bearers like (bottom left to right:) Coral Chernoff, Mary and Naaman Kaganak, and Nina Thomas, who still work with this material. Photos courtesy of the artists.

Sea Lion Heart Bag
Coral Chernoff (Alutiiq, Northern Cheyenne, Assiniboine) of Kodiak, C. 2020
Sea lion heart sac, salmon skin, brain-tanned deer hide, sinew.
Loan and photo courtesy of the artist. LC.512.

Seal Intestine Earrings
Nina D. Thomas (Inupiaq) of Kotzebue, 2022.
Seal intestine, glass and metal beads, steel, wire.
Photo courtesy of the artist. Private collection.

Small Basket
Mary Kaganak (Yup’ik) of Scammon Bay, 2022.
Beach grass and dyed seal intestine.
Photo courtesy of the artist. Private collection.