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Hearst Museum object titled Kayak model, accession number 2-2091, described as 3 hatch, in Aleut an ulluxtaq, wood frame, rawhide cover. 8 spear rests lashed to rawhide on deck, 2 bone pieces in each hatch support manhole rim. Fixtures include: 3 slated mats of wood; 2 spear throwers, ivory; 3 paddles, single blade, crossbar handle, geometric design in red paint; 2 paddles, single blade, graphite coated blade; 1 boat hook; 5 harpoons with ivory barbed points; 2 harpoons with metal tips; 2 spears with flint chip point lashed to wood shaft with sinew.
Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-5805, described as Scraped stomach or intestines, tanned white. Made in 7 horizontal panels, largest one folded over for a seamless bottom. No decoration in side seams. Main decoration is horizontal fringing of seal hair, red yarn, white reindeer hair embroidery and red-painted depilated hide or gut, about 5 cm from bottom. Next, a wide black graphite-painted horizontal panel with white reindeer hair embroidery and loop-fringing, red and gray yarns and threads, and red-painted gut strips. White windpipe skin inset with black & red dyed gutskin and seal fur; trimmed with white quill and red wool yarn. Bag string: braided white cotton yarn into which pink, black tufts of cotton have been mixed, at end a white glass bead.
Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-5804, described as Small and flat with scraped gut panels. Decorative horizontal strips of rubbed gut, red - dye gut, birdskin, brown gut fringe and reindeer hair embroidery. Long braided sinew cord with yarn tassel. Scraped stomach or intestines tanned white. Body made in 3 horizontal panels: one folded over (to make seamless bottom) and one added on each side to increase depth of bag. Several kinds of decoration. Brown gut fringe sews inot side seams. Decorative hand at mouth of bag (repeated on side where panels are joined) consisting of dark band of graphite-rubbed gut (or depil. skin), 2 narrow red-dyed strips, w/ white reindeer hair embroidery, and strip of birdskin (duck or cormorant) with dark feather side out. Red bands show occasional decorative loops of sinew and reindeer hair. Long double braided sinew cord attached at one corner, w/ red and grey yarn tassel at end. Sewn with fine sinew thread using running stitch throughout.
Hearst Museum object titled Pouch, accession number 2-5813, described as 3 piece pattern, white gut. Most decoration damaged or missing. Horizontal decorative bands of sealskin, gut, leather and coating of specular hematite (molybdenite according to Jessica Towns). Long undecorated hanging loop of braided sealskin. Made with graphite-blackened gut; red/white gut; hairless sealskin; Stomach membrane, sinew, gut, seal fur, leather (sp.?), red, purple & black thread, hematite (molybdenite according to Jessica Towns). Running stitch used throughout.

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