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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-1757, described as Ivory tipped seal harpoon.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6398, described as Feathered; ivory point bilaterally barbed, attached to a leather thong which is tied to the shaft (52 cm from tip of socket); ivory socket at distal end of shaft, wound with sinew thread & retaining line which reaches the binding of the three black feathers, one torn, at proximal end. Native name: nagiiquyaq.
Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-15710, described as Detachable ivory point.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-62080, described as Incomplete. Thick, heavy, red stained wood shaft. Flanged whalebone foreshaft with large opening for point attached by sinew cordage.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-19348, described as Ivory foreshaft with red paint on base. Point barbed on two sides, wood shaft. Barb attached with sinew.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-19345, described as Ivory foreshaft and point; point barbed on two sides, attached with sinew.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-15822, described as Small. Bone foreshaft and detachable bone barb.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-1745, described as Ivory tipped seal harpoon.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-1788, described as Whale harpoon.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6317, described as Sea otter harpoon

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