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Start Over Object class Weapons Donor Benjamin Bristol Culture or time period Aleut
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6605, described as Small, quadra-lobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, secured with sinew; feathers, mostly lost, at notched proximal end. Bird arrow used for training boys. Native names: pitegcauksuar, akitnaq.
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 2-6597, described as Sea otter dart shaft; wood carved to a circular section, proximal end broken; at distal end bone socket with a very fine sinew winding wrapped on top of a layer of birch bark; wrapped on shaft, remnants of dart line made of braided sinew fibers, cut at end probably to remove dart head, now missing.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6665, described as Arrow
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.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6596, described as Native name: rruu'aq, rruq. Arrow barbed iron point inserted into wooden shaft; twisted sinew winding secures the point; cylindrical shaft painted red, notched at proximal end; three white feathers set radially at proximal end. Center of gravity in middle of shaft. For shooting at close range.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6676, described as Bird arrow; point lost, wooden shaft; remnants of feathers at proximal end.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-4710, described as Arrow. Native name: rruu'aq, rruq. Wooden shaft; notched end, bone point serrated one side, barbed on the other and bi-pointed, incised with parallel lines and stained with red pigment; sinew fiber lashing; two radially set feathers. Used for hunting land animals.
Hearst Museum object titled Atlatl, accession number 2-4345, described as Throwing stick for sea otter spear

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