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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6621, described as Arrow, unilateraly barbed bone point set into wooden shaft, lashed wih sinew; fletching lost on proximal end. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6587, described as Bone head has ownership marks. Quadralobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft and secured with sinew; feathers at proximal end. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulecuun.
Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6585, described as Bird arrow. Bi-lobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft and secured with sinew; feathers, partially lost, at proximal end. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6597, described as Sea otter dart shaft; wood carved to a circular section, proximal end broken; at distal end bone socket with a very fine sinew winding wrapped on top of a layer of birch bark; wrapped on shaft, remnants of dart line made of braided sinew fibers, cut at end probably to remove dart head, now missing.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6662, described as Bone point. Unilaterally serrated, sharply pointed bone point inserted into wooden shaft; head inserted into wood shaft; feathers at proximal end. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6656, described as Deer arrow. unilaterally barbed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, secured with sinew; fletching lost at proximal end. Native name: pitegcaun, qerruq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6602, described as Small arrow used for training boys; asymmetrical barbed antler point inserted into wooden shaft, secured with sinew; feathered proximal end. Native name: pitegcauksuar.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6604, described as Small; quadra-lobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; feathered proximal point. Bird arrow used for training boys. Native names: pitegcauksuar, akitnaq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6601, described as Small, bi-lobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, secured with sinew; proximal end feathered. Native names: pitegcauksar, akitnaq. Bird arrow used for training boys.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6612, described as Small, quadra-lobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; fletching at proximal notched end mostly lost. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.

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