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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6597, described as Sea otter dart shaft; wood carved to a circular section, proximal end broken; at distal end bone socket with a very fine sinew winding wrapped on top of a layer of birch bark; wrapped on shaft, remnants of dart line made of braided sinew fibers, cut at end probably to remove dart head, now missing.
Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 2-18874, described as Of walrus penis bone.
Hearst Museum object titled Club, accession number 2-19008, described as Walrus penis bone.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6314, described as Feathered; bone point bilaterally barbed, attached to a leather thong tied to shaft 21 cm from tip of socket; cylindrical ivory socket mortised for the distal end of shaft, wound with braided sinew (mixed with white quill); end of winding is lashed along the shaft. Native name: nagiiquyaq.
Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6307, described as Harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides; attached to leather thong, tied to the shaft; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin is lashed 56 cm down shaft; baculum bone & finger rest lashed to shaft with sinew; retaining line also made of sinew. Used for hunting sea mammals in the summer. Native name: nagiiquyaq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5829, described as Feathered seal harpoon. Small bone point (barbed on one side) attached to a leather thong splitting at its ends to be connected at two places on the wooden shaft (Y-shaped harpoon line). Socket made of a heavy bone lashed with a braided sinew thread to the shaft.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6312, described as Harpoon; antler point, barbed on both sides; attached to a leather thong rolled around and tied to the shaft (106 cm from socket tip); antler finger rest shaped like a killer whale fin, lashed 64 cm down shaft; socket of heavy cylindrical baculum bone; all bone parts bound to shaft with sinew; proximal end tapered to point. Native name: nagiiquyaq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6315, described as With bone finger rest, medium weight type; antler point, barbed on both sides, attached to a loose leather thong; bone finger rest shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin, is lashed 59 cm down shaft; baculum socket & finger rest lashed with sinew to shaft; retaining line made of leather; shaft painted red, flattened at proximal end.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6318, described as Harpoon; bone point, barbed on both sides, attached to a leather thong, tied to the shaft (81 cm from tip); bone finger rest, shaped like a killer whale dorsal fin, is lashed 49 cm down shaft; bone socket lashed with spruce root binding to shaft; no retaining line. Native name: nagiiquyaq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Ice breaker, accession number 2-6308, described as Seal and beluga ice breaker

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