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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4051, described as Socketed adze, small stone ax with bone handle, green blade. Second original number: W.L.G. #11.

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow and arrows, accession number 2-4409a-c, described as Arrows with bow, used for hunting muskrat. (a) sinew-backed bow (b/c) antler or bone tipped arrow. Wood bow, reinforced with a sinew lashing; two arrows have bone or antler with asymmetric points; a string of sinew is wound around each arrow. For the hunt the other end was knotted to the bow. Rib bone; asymmetrically carved point; notched at proximal end to take arrow string. See bow 2-4409a and arrows 2-4409b,c. For hunting small game such as muskrat.

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6292, described as Beluga whale harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides, attached to leather thong, tied to shaft at socket binding; antler finger rest, shaped like killer whale fin, lashed 66 cm down shaft; bone socket is set on top of shaft, not wedged in as is usual; shaft is flat. Native name: nagiiquyaq,

Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-6302, described as Wooden shaft terminating in two inward facing hooks and center point, all attached to shaft with sinew.

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