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Start Over Object type ethnography Materials Antler (material) Accession number Acc.167
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4050, described as Socketed, nephrite blade hafted in caribou antler, with rawhide lashing. Stone axe head encased in antler socket and lashed to antler handle; additional lashing along handle, to give a better grip to the user. Interesting REPLICA made partly with old used material (jadeite blade and leather thong).
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4049, described as Socketed, small stone adze encased in bone, with wooden handle, curved handle pierced in 2 places for rawhide thong binding.
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 Arrow, accession number 2-4774, described as Barbed antler arrow or spear point. Antler; barbed on one side; oblong section; was meant to anchor itself easily and make a severe injury. Native name: cingileq. Used for hunting large land game.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Boat hook, accession number 2-6629, described as Boat hook. Wooden shaft with three black stripes, butt end notched, bird-shaped hook at other end, incised, and attached to shaft with sinew.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6367, described as Curve at one end about 23 cm long, other curve missing. Bone piece lashed to curve with string, rawhide bowstring. Wood, carved, painted red; rectangular section; on backside, a median groove along complete length; the safe end recurved outwards, with a wedge of antler held in place with cotton string; a non-functional (?) leather bow string attached to this end. Native name: urluveq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6372, described as Sinew-backed, sinew wrappers, carved ivory section in center to tighten cable. Sinew bowstring has center wrapped with spruce root. Wood, carved; section of the wood mostly rectangular, a bit convex on backside; on front surface: reinforced with sinew cord wrapping, as well as its middle with a long antler slab (61 cm) placed between sinew & wood; on backside. Yup'ik name: urluveq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6366, described as With recurved tips, sinew backing, sinew cable over horn strips (3 strips: center and inside each curve). wood, slightly curved; cross lashed with sinew to within a short distance of the tips. Inupiaq names: qiluinaq, pisiksiq,
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.
Hearst Museum object titled Dance house model, accession number 2-6793, described as Casine" sic Kazig. 9 carved figures, 4 musicians with drums, seated on bench opposite entryway. 4 dancers, 1 in hole. 3 lamp stands in position near benches. (9 figures total). Made from various soft conifer wood, nails, black paint.

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