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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-62082, described as Red-brown wood shaft, 2 bone points with row of fine barbs. Base only of other point.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-62084, described as Red-brown wood shaft, 3 walrus ivory points each with inner row of fine barbs. Sinew binding.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-62083, described as Red-brown wood shaft, 3 walrus ivory points each with inner row of fine barbs. Sinew binding.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear, accession number 2-64963, described as Wood and bone. Carved bone point with three barbs wrapped with cord of braided string at several places. Faded red paint on point. "Esquimo Fishing Spear" printed at base of shaft.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spearhead, accession number 2-66938, described as Ivory. double barbed with hole for attaching line. Shaft mounted by whisker (possibly seal) in octagonal socket of fossil walrus ivory. Color is yellow brown.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear model, accession number 2-71514c, described as Killing spear, wood, sinew, ivory or bone, length 22.7 cm. Context: See “Images of the North” appraisal, p. 74, for additional information.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear model, accession number 2-59599, described as Fish spear model. Made of a commercial wood shaft, three prongs: center one is a screw driver blade and projects from shaft; the two side prongs are made of bone, each have a single nail-like metal projection facing into the center; with white white cotton cordage binding.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear point, accession number 2-62086, described as Single row of fine barbs, carved walrus ivory. Came as part of 2-62082 but does not belong.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear point, accession number 2-62037, described as Fossil" ivory, single perforation for cord attachment, hollowed out at one end. May also be harpoon point.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Spear point, accession number 2-59578, described as Barbed on one edge, bone with incised diagonals near base. Bone.

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