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Start Over Collection place Aleutian Islands, Alaska Donor Benjamin Bristol Culture or time period Alaskan cultures
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6668, described as Harpoon arrow, bone foreshaft with longitudinal grooves with whale tooth insets is damaged at basal end and has base of point broken off in it (missing). Red stained wood shaft, plaited sinew line. Fletched. Feathers.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6714, described as With bone point; red-stained wood mainshaft, bone foreshaft with longitudinal grooves and whale tooth inlay; point has 3 barbs on one side and is attached by a plaited sinew line with remnants of red wool yarn; no fletching as that end is badly damaged. Whalebone foreshaft inserted into wooden shaft and secrued with braided sinew; unilaterally barbed ivory tip secured with braided sinew; feathers and proximal end lost. Native name: rruu'aq, rruq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6579, described as Harpoon arrow, whalebone foreshaft with longitudinal grooves with whale tooth insets. Point missing. Red stained wood shaft, plaited sinew and feathers.
Hearst Museum object titled Atlatl, accession number 2-4345, described as Throwing stick for sea otter spear
Hearst Museum object titled Awl, accession number 2-3961, described as Made of sea mammal bone.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-5808, described as Made of gut. Small. Embroidered with colored wool in floral design. Pentagonal, single pocket.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-4290, described as Made of seal gut, ornamented with red and black yarn and white feathers. Gut strips sewn together with waterproof stitches; opening of the same material. A very thin and narrow strip of fish skin, dyed red and blue, sewn into the seam to assume a better water tightness. The seams are also decorated with white down.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-5802, described as Skin and cloth. Braided sinew drawstring with tassels; elaborate thread embroidery; multicolored; fur trim. Long sinew string to carry the bag (like a European woman's shoulder pouch); elaborately embroidered on both sides on a black dyed leather, quillwork in geometric motifs (white, red, blue); fringed with fur. Black dye was colored with blood and molybdenite.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 2-6530, described as Fur lined with seal gut. Visor lined with printed cotton. Decorated with red, green and blue wool yarn.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Cap, accession number 2-6679, described as Made of seal gut decorated with feathers and red, blue, green and black yarn.

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