This Day in Alaska History-October 10th, 1915
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Museum Adds Bear Gut Jacket to Collection
KODIAK, Alaska—The Alutiiq Museum has added a kanaglluk—gutskin jacket to its permanent collections. Created by Sugpiaq artist June Pardue, the garment is a waist-length hunter’s coat with a hood. Alutiiq/Sugpiaq ancestors wore these flexible, lightweight, waterproof garments for protection from rain and sea spray. A $7,400 grant from the Alaska Art Fund, administered by Museums […]
Contemporary ivory carving on view for close-looking at the Anchorage Museum
On view starting March 29, 2024, Anchorage Museum Atrium Mezzanine Cases ANCHORAGE, AK – Walrus ivory has been a medium for Alaska Native artistic expression for generations. Anchorage Museum visitors can appreciate the rich tradition, intricacy and skill reflected in contemporary Alaska Native ivory carvings in “Arctic Sculpture: Ivory Carvings from the Anchorage Museum Collection,” opening […]
Bronze Mask Displayed in Museum Rotunda
With grants from Museums Alaska and the Kodiak Community Foundation, the Alutiiq Museum has purchased and installed a large bronze sculpture by Alutiiq artist Perry Eaton. The Messenger, a mask with both bird and human features, is 47 inches tall and weighs 210 pounds. The public is invited to see this mask in the Alutiiq […]