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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4042, described as Stone adze with birch bark handle, rawhide hafting with wood wedge underneath. Some redstained sections on the handle.
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 Bowl, accession number 2-58521, described as Birchbark container. Round with square base, curvilinear designs on exterior in natural red with scraped away light brown ground.
Hearst Museum object titled Box and lid, accession number 2-19026a,b, described as a) Cylindrical birch-bark box, porcupine quill embroidery. b) Cover. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.
Hearst Museum object titled Canoe, accession number 2-9201, described as Birchbark canoe
Hearst Museum object titled Canoe, accession number 2-6351, described as Birchbark canoe.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 2-58520a-c, described as Made of birch-bark with dyed porcupine quillwork in faded yellow, green and purple; oval. a) Base: zigzag quill designs. b) Liner, sewn oval of birch-bark. c) Cover: birch-bark with abstracted floral quill designs.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Shed model, accession number 2-6420, described as Model of wooden shed raised on poles. Gable roof made of birch bark; vertical planks on ends, horizontal planks on sides; square plank suspended from horizontal pole across one end; corner poles rising above ridge of roof with cross pieces for fish drying.

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