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Start Over Object name Projectile point Donor Older University Collections Culture or time period North American native cultures
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-6204, described as Could also be spearpoint. Bone or antler, fine notches on one edge.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-6593, described as Compound type, barbed bone foreshaft, steel point. Antler, carved; triangular copper blade riveted into the distal slot with a large barb perpendicular to the blade; tang made of bone & inserted into body, tapered for insertion into wooden shaft. Used for hunting large land game. Native name: cingileq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-3951, described as Projectile point, slate, with a diamond shaped cross-section lacking point.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-7176, described as Antler. Pierced at base. Carved; fragment, triangular in section; at the edge of the break a diagonal cut has been made and a hole drilled to attach a new point to this tang; probably fishing spear prong. Probably used for summer fishing. Native name: cingileq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-7146, described as Barbed, bone. Could also be spear point. Antler, carved; with a barb on one side and two very sharp edges; triangular section; short notch at base, probably owner's mark; conical tang with two small projections to improve the attachment with shaft. Used to hunt small game and also as a toy. Native name: cingileq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-4386, described as Antler. Bi-lobed distal end. Blunt arrows were used to dispatch birds without piercing their skins which were used for clothing. Native names: cingileq, querrutvak.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-6881, described as Barbed, caribou antler; from harpoon arrow. Plaited sinew line with red wool yarn ornamentation attached.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-41064, described as Lance or arrow point, iron. Leaf-shaped with tang; represents the kind of iron made by smith at trading post on whaling ship.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-3949, described as Stone arrow point with tanged base, chert. Chipped stone, long and narrow; oblong in section and proportionally thin. Used for killing large game and for warfare.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-4384, described as Barbed, antler, from fish arrow.

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