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Start Over Object class Projectile weapons Collection place Nome Borough, Alaska Donor Older University Collections
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6587, described as Bone head has ownership marks. Quadralobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft and secured with sinew; feathers at proximal end. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulecuun.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6588, described as Bird arrow, quadra-lobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, secured with sinew; feathers at proximal end. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6576, described as Bird arrow, wooden shaft, point lost, feathers at proximal end.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6575, described as Bird arrow. Three curved and serrated antler heads lashed to wooden shaft with sinew, feathers on proximal end; shaft painted red. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6378, described as Harpoon arrow. Wood shaft, bone socket piece, bone barbed point attached with seal thong line. Fletching destroyed (only quill stubs left). Very short & dull bone point attached to a short leather thong tied to shaft at 51 cm from tip of socket; bone socket set into distal end of wooden shaft; winding of twisted sinew, and short retaining line of leather; socket weighted with lead.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6586, described as Bird arrow. Quadra-lobed bone mortised to receive wooden shaft and secured with sinew; feathers at proximal end. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6577, described as Summer fishing arrow; two serrated bone points lashed to wooden shaft with sinew; feathers on proximal end. Native names: pitegcaun, neqsuun.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6377, described as Land animal or seal arrow. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq. bone unilaterally barbed head; damaged with numerous cuts; wooden shaft, three black feathers at proximal end.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bolas, accession number 2-4316, described as Stone. 5 pointed grey soft stones on rawhide strips. Five finely carved and ground stone missile-shaped pieces made of grey stone, drilled at one end and attached to leather thong by passing the thong through the hole and securing the end with thread. The other end of the thongs are twisted together.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bolas, accession number 2-4317, described as Bola, native name: yaqulegcuun. 4 soft grey stones (2 bipointed, 2 rounded triangles), on sinew cordage. Remnants feathers. Two missile and two conical shaped pieces made of grey stone, drilled at one end and attached to finely twisted sinew thread. Ends of cord attached to feather, strings coiled. Used to hunt birds.

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