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Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-71661, described as Bag, made of twisted and plaited plastic shopping bags. Rectangular envelope shape with loop handles at each end. Commercial zipper closure, cloth lining. (Note: raw material stored inside bag).
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-7528, described as With bail handle. Twining with remnant of red and blue wool yarn woven in at top.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Boat hook, accession number 2-7281, described as Boat hook. Incised point attached to wooden shaft with sinew.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Boat model, paddles, and harpoon, accession number 2-69114a-g, described as a) Boat model; hide lashed to and stretched over gunwales, keel, and ribs; no deck; runners lashed to bottom for land hauling. b-f) Paddles, made of wood. g) Harpoon with toggle point. Materials include ivory, bone, and cotton twine. Finely crafted model; well sanded.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Dog sled model, accession number 2-68101, described as Dog sled model; wood runners with 11 transverse slats attached by common cordage; bone or horn underneath runners, rawhide traces with bone fittings, 7 traces = 7 dogs, length of the wood part of the sled is 39 cm
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Drag toggle, accession number 2-6157, described as Carved ivory handle representing beluga. Tail tied on with baleen and sinew, large slot through center.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harness model, accession number 2-6345, described as Rawhide thongs.
Hearst Museum object titled Hook, accession number 2-4405, described as Modified walrus tusk with 3 holes, whale shaped head with incised eyes on both sides, 9 incised whales with flukes on one edge and front ends on opposite edge. Incised chevrons on top side.
Hearst Museum object titled Kayak, accession number 2-1674, described as Full sized kayak. Culture Fide John D. Heath as Eskimo of Norton Sound.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Kayak, accession number 2-62061, described as Kayak; skin-covered kayak with damaged hull; large circular hole at bow, projecting handgrip at stern. Wooden frame with skin cover of walrus or seal hide. As Larry Dawson and others recall (1979) the kayak was made on Nunivak Island but was bought on the mainland where it had been in use. The donors left it outdoors here in the Bay Area where it deteriorated and warped out of shape.

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