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Start Over Object class Weapon components Object type ethnography Collection place Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrowhead, accession number 2-4398, described as Arrow prong. Fine barbs along one edge. Ivory; the non-serrated end was tied to the distal end of the arrow; almost triangular in section. Native name: nuuk.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Foreshaft, accession number 2-1955, described as Bone and wood.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-7170, described as Antler. Carved; bi-lobed distal end, conical tang.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-1947, described as Harpoon arrow head, antler, barbed.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-1952, described as Basalt.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-6593, described as Compound type, barbed bone foreshaft, steel point. Antler, carved; triangular copper blade riveted into the distal slot with a large barb perpendicular to the blade; tang made of bone & inserted into body, tapered for insertion into wooden shaft. Used for hunting large land game. Native name: cingileq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-6204, described as Could also be spearpoint. Bone or antler, fine notches on one edge.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-7146, described as Barbed, bone. Could also be spear point. Antler, carved; with a barb on one side and two very sharp edges; triangular section; short notch at base, probably owner's mark; conical tang with two small projections to improve the attachment with shaft. Used to hunt small game and also as a toy. Native name: cingileq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-4386, described as Antler. Bi-lobed distal end. Blunt arrows were used to dispatch birds without piercing their skins which were used for clothing. Native names: cingileq, querrutvak.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-48494, described as Ivory, partially barbed on one edge. May also be spearpoint.

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