Gut Work

Gut, cut open and folded for seaming

Working on a new Unangan (Aleut) kamleika (raincoat) for Mikhail... his has some tears that can't be fixed...  These garments are waterproof and the hem connects to the Unangan baidarka (kayak) opening so no water goes into the interior of the boat even if it is swamped or the hunter goes underwater and rolls to the surface again.

Mikhail Snegirev in a gut kamleika
with pail of gut tubes behind and strips
of gut opened and folded for seaming