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Start Over Collection place Northwestern United States Culture or time period Kodiak Eskimo Accession number Acc.854
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-19423, described as Harpoon arrow with whalebone foreshaft, point missing. Red-painted wood shaft.
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-19158, described as (Back only) Narrowed at center grip.
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-19153, described as Front ridged, wooden shaft, cable backing of sinew, attached with sinew at center and four other places on bow, towards ends. Rawhide under cable, twisted sinew bowstring attached at one end.
Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-19157, described as (Back only) Narrowed at center grip, face ridged.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-19424, described as Whalebone foreshaft, point missing. Red-painted wood shaft.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-19349, described as Ivory foreshaft weighted with lead plugs. Wood shaft. Point (barbed on two sides) missing.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-19350, described as Wood with ivory foreshaft. Separate ivory point barbed on two sides. Sinew and cord used to attach foreshaft and point.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-19367, described as Harpoon of wood (point and foreshaft missing). Plaited sinew lashed to shaft. Sinew passes through hole in ivory plug of sealskin bladder float to connect it to shaft.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-19438, described as Whalebone foreshaft, bone point (missing). Red and black-stained wood shaft. Found inside quiver cf. 2-19433.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-19365, described as Harpoon of wood with triangular ivory point which has a barb on one side. Foreshaft missing, plaited sinew cord lashed to head. The cord passes through point then down shaft and through ivory plug of sealskin bladder float and lashes to spear.

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