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Hearst Museum object titled Awl, accession number 1-74279, described as awl; sea mammal penis bone.

Hearst Museum object titled Baculum, accession number 1-29279, described as Worked os penis.

Hearst Museum object titled Baculum, accession number 1-29290, described as Charred os penis; fragment.

Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 2-18874, described as Of walrus penis bone.

Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 2-19008, described as Walrus penis bone.

Hearst Museum object titled Fishhook, accession number 2-15744, described as Bone fishhook barb. Made from baculum, possibly mink, with pathologies.

Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6307, described as Harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides; attached to leather thong, tied to the shaft; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin is lashed 56 cm down shaft; baculum bone & finger rest lashed to shaft with sinew; retaining line also made of sinew. Used for hunting sea mammals in the summer. Native name: nagiiquyaq.