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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6605, described as Small, quadra-lobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, secured with sinew; feathers, mostly lost, at notched proximal end. Bird arrow used for training boys. Native names: pitegcauksuar, akitnaq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6715, described as Big game hunting arrow. With ivory or bone point inserted into wooden shaft and secured with braided sinew; feathers at proximal end; point & shaft decorated with red color.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6660, described as Deer arrow. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq. unilaterally barbed point inserted into wooden shaft, secured with sinew; feathers at proximal end. For hunting land animals.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6579, described as Harpoon arrow, whalebone foreshaft with longitudinal grooves with whale tooth insets. Point missing. Red stained wood shaft, plaited sinew and feathers.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6596, described as Native name: rruu'aq, rruq. Arrow barbed iron point inserted into wooden shaft; twisted sinew winding secures the point; cylindrical shaft painted red, notched at proximal end; three white feathers set radially at proximal end. Center of gravity in middle of shaft. For shooting at close range.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6676, described as Bird arrow; point lost, wooden shaft; remnants of feathers at proximal end.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-4712, described as Serrated bone head. wooden shaft, notched on proximal end; three feathers; serrated bone point; root binding. Native names: pitegcaun, nesquun. Used for summer fishing.
Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-5803, described as Light skin, with feather and colored string decorations. Gut fringed on 3 sides. Brown dyed gut (?) inserts, red wool trim attached with cross-stitch embroidery. Plaited sinew carrying cord.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6314, described as Feathered; bone point bilaterally barbed, attached to a leather thong tied to shaft 21 cm from tip of socket; cylindrical ivory socket mortised for the distal end of shaft, wound with braided sinew (mixed with white quill); end of winding is lashed along the shaft. Native name: nagiiquyaq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6364, described as Decorated with feathers. Red painted wood shaft, whalebone foreshaft, bone head with 3 unilateral barbs. Plaited sinew line. Feathers at proximal end.

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