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Start Over Collection place The Americas Materials Glass (material) Accession number Acc.167
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-6329, described as Skin bag; white vellum-like leather with vertical strips of brown leather outlined in alternating red and white glass "seed" beads; round bottom, straight sides.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-4667, described as Round, coiled rye grass; 2 encircling rows of bird toes, each with red glass bead at base, sewn with sinew thread to basket; center of base is circle of sealskin 8 cm in diameter.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Belt, accession number 2-5764, described as Womans belt, rawhide with sewn rows of cribou incisor teeth, row of red and white glass beads on each edge, broken blue glass bead hung by cord at one end, ivory hook hung by cord at other end. NOTE: Catalogued as having a wide, old buckle (missing, 1977). Sewn with rawhide. Made with beads, ivory and caribou teeth with bone attached (from lower jaw).
Hearst Museum object titled Bird effigy, accession number 2-6786, described as Carved ivory bird head with blue eyes (glass).
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Boots (footwear), accession number 2-6558a,b, described as Mid-calf height boots, depilated sealskin soles. Elaborately constructed uppers; lower section of brown caribou, middle section of trimmed white caribou and black bear (?) with beads and tassels. Upper section of trimmed white caribou with tufts of red yarn. Canvas drawstring tube, drawstring of cotton twine. Rawhide ankle-ties. Sinew thread, oogruk soles (fide Ronald W. Senungetuk, July 1987).
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-4122, described as Ivory bow for drill; 2 blue glass beads inlaid on underside; rawhide thong.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3891a,b, described as Wooden box representing a baby seal on its mother's back. There is an elongated cut out section in the center. The baby seal forms the cover of the box. Blue glass features. The compartment is stuffed with hair. Used for storage of spear points.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3893a,b, described as Unpainted wooden box with inset beads (two of the three beads are missing). The cover is carved in the form of an abstracted seal shape (swimming fast against the current) and contains a blue glass bead in the center. Used for holding spear points.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3874, described as Small, rectangular wooden box bound in brass and copper. Elaborate fitted lid with brass and copper veneer and rawhide thong with red bead serves as handles.
Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3865a,b, described as Wooden paint or harpoon box representing seal. Painted red and black. Inset with red, white and blue seed glass beads. Cover fitted into back. Storage of paint and projectile points (multipurpose box).

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