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Start Over Object class Edged weapons Collection place Bering Sea and North, Alaska Materials Bone (material)
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5832, described as Feathered harpoon, cf.2-5829 except:
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5835, described as Feathered harpoon; cf. 2-5829 except point bilaterally barbed; ivory socket; one of three feathers lost. Used for summer sea hunting.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5834, described as Dart. Small bone point, bilaterally barbed, attached to a leather thong Y shaped harpoon line; ivory socket lashed with braided sinew to shaft; feathers at proximal end of shaft secured with braided sinew. Used for summer sea hunting. Native name: nagiiquyaq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5831, described as Feathered harpoon; same as 2-5829 except point; point barbed on both sides. For summer sea hunting.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5827, described as Seal harpoon, feathered. Antler point; symmetrically barbed, attached to leather thong, tied to shaft at socket binding; antler finger rest, in form of killer whale fin; bone socket set on top of shaft. Native name: naqiiquyaq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5833, described as Feathered harpoon; cf. 2-5829 except for point: point barbed on both sides. Native name: nagiiquyaq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5836, described as Feathered harpoon; same as 2-5829, except point, barbed from both sides, tip broken; retaining line made of braided grass threads. Native name: nagiiquyaq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon foreshaft, accession number 2-4391, described as Socketed. Whalebone jaw. Tapered with split smaller end to receive the distal end of wooden shaft; larger end drilled and inset with wood which has a small hole to take dart point tang. Heavy & dense bone or ivory are used for this part of the weapon.

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