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Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-4543, described as Coiled basket with handle. Vase shaped.
Hearst Museum object titled Box, accession number 2-3879, described as Ivory box with wooden bottom. Incised hunting scenes include caribou and umiak. Round hole in top, probably for stopper. Made from section of a walrus tusk. Cap box? Might be quid box or tourist novelty.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Carving scene, zoomorphic:, accession number 2-6139a-d, described as on a wood base: two white whales swimming away from a human standing; the two whales are standing on a strip of baleen; ivory figures.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Dagger, accession number 2-4010, described as Stone lance head, slate blade. Long, thin slate blade shafted into a wooden foreshaft; baleen lashing; section of foreshaft is also very flat.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle, accession number 2-6109, described as Carved ivory representing seal. Incised cross hatching on back and sides.
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 Drag toggle, accession number 2-6869, described as Ivory, representing 2 seal heads back to back. 2 holes in recessed slot.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Drag toggle, accession number 2-6785, described as Carved ivory chain ending in seal's flippers and head.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Earring, accession number 2-6863, described as Made of antler. 2 carved circles with concentric incised circular designs.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Fishhook, accession number 2-4495, described as Ivory. Separate barb tied to stem with sinew thong, remnant baleen line in perforation in stem.

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