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Start Over Donor Alaska Commercial Company Taxon Rangifer tarandus caribou
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4050, described as Socketed, nephrite blade hafted in caribou antler, with rawhide lashing. Stone axe head encased in antler socket and lashed to antler handle; additional lashing along handle, to give a better grip to the user. Interesting REPLICA made partly with old used material (jadeite blade and leather thong).
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze socket, accession number 2-7178, described as Made of caribou antler. Probably archaeological.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-6517, described as Fishskin bag. Oval, vertical side panels with scale side out. Bottom with scale side in. Mouth with horizontal panels, without straps or means of closure. Decorated with lozenge and zig-zag strips of red and white leather, and small geometric shapes sewn on with red thread. Made with salmon skin, twisted sinew thread, red textile thread, scraped gut, red and white tanned leather, white caribou hair. Running and overshot stiches used.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-6528, described as Squirrel-skin bag. Fur pouch with rawhide strap. U-shaped.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 2-4300, described as For men. Hide ornamented with caribou incisors, ivory toggle at one end to fit into loop at opposite end, knife sheath attached. Sewn with rawhide, made with caribou teeth from the lower jaw with bone still attached.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 2-5763, described as Womans belt, rawhide with sewn rows of cribou incisor teeth, bone beluga whale pendant hung with thong, loop at opposite end. Sewn with rawhide. Made with caribou teeth from lower jaw with bone attached.
Hearst Museum object titled Boat hook model, accession number 2-4261, described as Model of boat hook. Triangular caribou antler hook lashed to handle with rawhide thong.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Boat hook model, accession number 2-4260, described as Model of boat hook. Triangular caribou antler hook lashed to handle with rawhide thong.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6553a,b, described as Boots for man, knee height, tanned caribou skin uppers, fur out; semi depilated caribou rawhide soles. Decoration of alder-dyed caribou fringe down sides of uppers and horizontal band of caribou skin around boot top (for resistance to tearing). Constructed with sinew thread.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6558a,b, described as Mid-calf height boots, depilated sealskin soles. Elaborately constructed uppers; lower section of brown caribou, middle section of trimmed white caribou and black bear (?) with beads and tassels. Upper section of trimmed white caribou with tufts of red yarn. Canvas drawstring tube, drawstring of cotton twine. Rawhide ankle-ties. Sinew thread, oogruk soles (fide Ronald W. Senungetuk, July 1987).

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