Tribe: Yup'ik
Based In: Portland, WA
Email: michailataylor@gmail.com
Social Media: @mnkonigt
About the Artist
Michaila Taylor is a Pacific Northwest-based artist who creates Atsameq art featuring local organic materials such as dentalium and moosehide.
digital, 2020
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digital, 2020
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In this piece, I’ve depicted dentalium shells-often called the ‘money shell’. They hold significance from Alaska to California and beyond. Large pieces like these are not often found on the coast anymore, with almost all dentalium in the US currently having been imported from around the world. Last year dentalium was no longer allowed to be imported for the preservation of the species, shifting the way we trade and interact with these shells- making them more “valuable” once again.
mixed media on birch, 2019
photo by Mel Carter
