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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4053, described as Stone blade (missing) was set into an antler socket; lashed to wooden handle with braided sinew string; handle wrapped with additional sinew string to procure a better grip.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze handle, accession number 2-4287, described as Antler with groove for blade and socket. 2 perforations. Remnant sinew cordage. Specimen also marked 2-1170.
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 2-6621, 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.
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 2-6614, described as Small, single serrated bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; feathers at proximal end. Used for summer fishing. Native names: pitegcaun, neqsuun.
Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6581, described as Bird arrow. Round, single-pointed bone tip inserted into wooden shaft, secured with sinew; feathers proximal end. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6714, described as With bone point; red-stained wood mainshaft, bone foreshaft with longitudinal grooves and whale tooth inlay; point has 3 barbs on one side and is attached by a plaited sinew line with remnants of red wool yarn; no fletching as that end is badly damaged. Whalebone foreshaft inserted into wooden shaft and secrued with braided sinew; unilaterally barbed ivory tip secured with braided sinew; feathers and proximal end lost. Native name: rruu'aq, rruq.
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.

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