Art Heritage Kit

This work catalogs the collection of nearly five hundred Alutiiq/Sugpiaq cultural items held by the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, or the Kunstkamera, in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Designed to be a companion to the "Giinaquq: Like a Face" Exhibition, this work is an exhibition of 34 masks and one bowl from a collection held by the Chateau Musee in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France.

This book is a collection and display of the Sugpiaq masks collected in 1871 by Alphonse Pinart, a young French scholar who studied the Indigenous languages of coastal Alaska and traveled through the Aleutian Islands, Bristol Bay, and Kodiak Archipelago.

A collection of legends, stories, and photographs from the Chugach Region.

A collection of short Alutiiq cultural lessons.

This book provides an overview of traditional weaving techniques to the Alutiiq people, with a focus on the traditions in the Kodiak area.

A published catalog of artifacts from around Alaska housed at various museums with accompanying descriptions of Alaska Native groups, created as a collaborative project between the Smithsonian, Arctic Studies Center, Anchorage Museum, and more.

This book explores traditional art from the people of the Alaska Peninsula, Kodiak Island, and the Prince William Sound. Ray examines the art in the cultural and geographic settings and discusses each object's origin, function and aesthetic value.

A collection of culturally and regionally relevant art activities for students in Alaska

A printed compilation of the carvings and works of Aleut artist John Hoover situated within the artist's biography. This book situates John Hoover's art within the region's history of artistic tradition and the life experiences of John Hoover himself.

This book explores how personal art is situated within a cultural context, and the themes and beliefs that are contained within the jewelry of Denise and Samuel Wallace from the Chugach Region.

This publication reviews examples of Alaska Native art origination from various cultures in the region and explores how each item contains both functional and aesthetic value and significance.

This book contains a compilation of Alaska Commercial Company archival records pertaining to Nuchek. Part II primarily contains documents from the Kodiak District and Kodiak Station offices of the company, and includes correspondence, invoices and more.

This transcript features brief interviews with Mary Babic (Cordova) and Herman Moonin (Port Graham) and lengthy discussions about various art activities taking place. Denise Wallace describes techniques in jewelry making and the significance of symbols.

This book brings together information from the writings of traders, explorers, missionaries, Athapaskan oral traditions, and community interviews, all centered around what the book calls "Northern Athapaskan clothing."

A collection of information about artists around Alaska, including their personal stories and their crafts.

This book offers tips and tools for Alaska Native artists to market their works and make the most of business and professional opportunities.

This film documents the week of August 27 - September 3, 2006 when community members from Nanwalek, Port Graham, Seldovia, Savoonga, Kenai, and Homer came together to share and celebrate dance, song, art, food, and other Native traditions.

Created by Jim Miller, this wooden bowl appears in the shape of a seal, an animal of significant importance in the Chugach Region.

A clay carving of a sea otter in characteristic feeding posture, on its back with hands raised to mouth. Artist Unknown.

Artist Unknown. This leather sewing kit models traditional mobile sewing kits from around the Chugach Region

Created by Kari Brookover out of cardboard for the Celebrations Heritage Kit, this mask is modeled off of historic Sugpiaq masks.

Wooden mask with feathers and wooden hands and feet carved by Bill Meganack of Port Graham. Purchased in 2019.