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Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-5811, described as Leather, with embroidery of red skin and thread. U - shaped flat pouch of bleached deerskin trimmed with sealskin, red dyed applique strips, plaited sinew carrying cord.

Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-6501, described as Small coiled; skin bottom.

Hearst Museum object titled Boat model, accession number 2-4570, described as Model of open skin boat (umiak) with red painted wood frame. 14 rowers inside wearing sealskin parkas and wood hats of various styles. Painted using yellow, white, red and black pigments. Fixtures include 10 paddles and one bow. Replica of liquor flask (black) is inside boat. skin-covered open boat with hunting crew = 12 paddles, 1 steerer (captain with whaler's hat), 1 hunter at the bow with bow & arrow.

Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3883, described as Small bone box for caps with wooden lid and bottom; thong attaches to the lid. Leather band encircling. Body cut from cross-section of a walrus tusk. Red stained wood and leather.

Hearst Museum object titled Comb, accession number 2-4230, described as For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle with knob at top, longitudinal triangular groove with red stain on both sides of handle. Tufts of blond animal (seal?) hair on handle. 5 teeth, several missing. Fishskin thong at top of handle. Antler.

Hearst Museum object titled House model, accession number 2-4571, described as Model of interior of dance house. Square. 12 individually carved and painted men including 3 drummers seated on bench. All drums have gut heads and are broken. Made with wood and pigment.

Hearst Museum object titled Kayak, accession number 2-6349, described as Kayak. Distribution of this style of kayak: from Point Barrrow south to Kotzebue Sound. Point Barrow attributed; refer Adney and Chapelle: The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America; Smithsonian Institution 1964, figures 187-190. Identified by John D. Heath (1965) as Kotzebue Sound type. one-hatch; wood frame covered with skin.

Hearst Museum object titled Kayak, accession number 2-6348, described as Kayak made of skin. One hatch, wooden frame covered with skin; small hole in stern.

Hearst Museum object titled Miniature basket, accession number 2-6503, described as Small model of basket with soft skin bottom; coiled.

Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-5805, described as Scraped stomach or intestines, tanned white. Made in 7 horizontal panels, largest one folded over for a seamless bottom. No decoration in side seams. Main decoration is horizontal fringing of seal hair, red yarn, white reindeer hair embroidery and red-painted depilated hide or gut, about 5 cm from bottom. Next, a wide black graphite-painted horizontal panel with white reindeer hair embroidery and loop-fringing, red and gray yarns and threads, and red-painted gut strips. White windpipe skin inset with black & red dyed gutskin and seal fur; trimmed with white quill and red wool yarn. Bag string: braided white cotton yarn into which pink, black tufts of cotton have been mixed, at end a white glass bead.