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Hearst Museum object titled Figure, accession number 2-6636, described as Human head and torso (no arms), face schematically indicated, tongue protruding. Dark-stained carved wood. Carved, only the face is explicitly carved; mouth turned up. Part of shaman's paraphernalia. Presumed to be representation of the personae of the dead. (fide Lydia Black, June 1978). With burial.

Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3924, described as Piece of stone knife. Ground slate, sharpened from both sides.

Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3925, described as Piece of stone knife. Ground slate, fragment of a large ulu blade; sharpened from both sides.

Hearst Museum object titled Mortar, accession number 2-3959, described as Made of whalebone.

Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 17-226, described as Village cove and lagoon, St. Paul's Island. Looking north from the village

Hearst Museum object titled Painting, accession number 17-216, described as Village of St. Paul's Island. The Barrabkie of Luka Mandrigan.

Hearst Museum object titled Whetstone, accession number 2-3923, described as Whetstone, probably made of grey rhyolite or sandstone. Rectangular shaped, used on three sides. Used for sharpening knives and other implements.