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Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-5803, described as Light skin, with feather and colored string decorations. Gut fringed on 3 sides. Brown dyed gut (?) inserts, red wool trim attached with cross-stitch embroidery. Plaited sinew carrying cord.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 1-64287, described as Coiled, feathers, shallow, brown design.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bolas, accession number 2-4312, described as Bola, native name: yaqulegcuun. 1 oval fossil ivory ball, 4 oval archaeological (?) whalebone balls. Plaited sinew cordage, remnants of bird quills. Four carved bone and one ivory pieces, pierced on one end, are attached to finely twisted organic fiber cord. Terminal ends of cord tied to feather spines. The ivory piece was previously used as a fish hook shank as indicated by two peripheral holes
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6364, described as Decorated with feathers. Red painted wood shaft, whalebone foreshaft, bone head with 3 unilateral barbs. Plaited sinew line. Feathers at proximal end.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6674, described as Red-painted wood shaft, bone foreshaft, detachable head of native copper with 3 unilateral barbs; fletched; plaited sinew line.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6591, described as Red-painted wood shaft, bone foreshaft, detachable head of native copper with 3 unilateral barbs; fletched; plaited sinew line.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6592, described as Red-painted wood shaft, bone foreshaft, detachable head of native copper with 3 unilateral barbs; fletched; plaited sinew line.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6365, described as Decorated with feathers. Red painted wood shaft, whalebone foreshaft, bone head with 3 unilateral barbs. Plaited sinew line. Butt end found damaged during August 1988; repaired by conservator. Whalebone foreshaft inserted into wooden shaft, painted red; bone tip with three unilateral barbs secured with Y-shaped braided sinew dart line; feathers at proximal end.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6360, described as Feather and bone end. Red painted wood shaft, whalebone foreshaft, bone head with 3 unilateral barbs. Plaited sinew line.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6359, described as Feather and bone end. Red painted wood shaft, whalebone foreshaft, bone head with 3 unilateral barbs. Plaited sinew line.

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