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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Kayak, accession number 2-62061, described as Kayak; skin-covered kayak with damaged hull; large circular hole at bow, projecting handgrip at stern. Wooden frame with skin cover of walrus or seal hide. As Larry Dawson and others recall (1979) the kayak was made on Nunivak Island but was bought on the mainland where it had been in use. The donors left it outdoors here in the Bay Area where it deteriorated and warped out of shape.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 2-9190, described as Wooden mesh measure. Blade wrapped with cotton twine. Red-stained wood.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 2-9189, described as Very small antler mesh measure, with handle of wood with spruce root wrapping.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Net, accession number 2-3854, described as Rawhide net
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Pendant ?, accession number 2-9176, described as Drag handle pendant (?). Small ivory head of seal with large circular perforation. Baleen eyes and nostrils.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Shuttle, accession number 2-9191, described as Wooden "model" of netting shuttle. Wood with red-stained edges.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sinker (fishing), accession number 2-9188, described as Oblong sinker/lure. "Fossil" ivory. Perforated, found with lead at large end, three pegs of ivory inserted in the middle.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sinker (fishing), accession number 2-9187, described as Oblong smooth stone, grooved and perforated at each end. Mottled brown and white.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sinker (fishing), accession number 2-9186, described as Mammoth tooth partially perforated at each end, possibly used as a sinker.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Sledge model, accession number 2-9185, described as Wooden. Poles along top edges; bone strips on underside of runners; sinew binding.

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