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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5831, described as Feathered harpoon; same as 2-5829 except point; point barbed on both sides. For summer sea hunting.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5832, described as Feathered harpoon, cf.2-5829 except:
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5835, described as Feathered harpoon; cf. 2-5829 except point bilaterally barbed; ivory socket; one of three feathers lost. Used for summer sea hunting.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5827, described as Seal harpoon, feathered. Antler point; symmetrically barbed, attached to leather thong, tied to shaft at socket binding; antler finger rest, in form of killer whale fin; bone socket set on top of shaft. Native name: naqiiquyaq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6312, described as Harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides; attached to a leather thong rolled around and tied to the shaft (106 cm from socket tip); antler finger rest shaped like a killer whale fin, lashed 64 cm down shaft; socket of heavy cylindrical baculum bone; all bone parts bound to shaft with sinew; proximal end tapered to point. Native name: nagiiquyaq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6315, described as With bone finger rest, medium weight type; antler point, barbed on both sides, attached to a loose leather thong; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin, is lashed 59 cm down shaft; baculum socket & finger rest lashed with sinew to shaft; retaining line made of leather; shaft painted red, flattened at proximal end.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5830, described as Feathered harpoon. Antler point bilaterally barbed; leather thong; antler finger rest; bone socket; feathered proximal end. Native name: nagiiquyaq. Used for summer sea hunting for seal, walrus, white whale. Used with a throwing board.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5833, described as Feathered harpoon; cf. 2-5829 except for point: point barbed on both sides. Native name: nagiiquyaq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5837, described as Feathered harpoon; small bone (baculum) point barbed on both sides; attached to Y-shaped leather thong; socket made of antler (caribou) which is too light for the purpose, inspite of a piece of iron (a screw, 4 cm L.) inserted on its side. Native name: nagiiquyaq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6292, described as Beluga whale harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides, attached to leather thong, tied to shaft at socket binding; antler finger rest, shaped like killer whale fin, lashed 66 cm down shaft; bone socket is set on top of shaft, not wedged in as is usual; shaft is flat. Native name: nagiiquyaq,

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