SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE’S 10th BIENNIAL

NORTHWEST COAST JURIED
ART SHOW & COMPETITION

Honorable Mention | T’óos’ Sankeit | James Johnson

James Johnson

  • Tlingit - Ch'áak' Daḵl'aweidí
  • Juneau, AK
  • Category: 2D & Relief Carving: Painting
  • Elk hide, sinew
  • “Tlingit hide armor, representative of a time period piece from the sea otter fur trade era. Elk hide from Oregon. … Shark design.”

“There have not been many of these armor shirts made over the past century or two so this one is nice to see. Formline is clean, simple, and elegantly designed, and the painting on hide is very clean.” – Juror Statement