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Start Over Object class Basketry (object genre) Collection place Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Materials Sinew (material)
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Fishhook, accession number 2-4496, described as Ivory. Separate barb tied to stem with 2-ply sinew cordage. Hook suspended from heavier plaited sinew line.
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 2-6365, 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.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Projectile point, accession number 2-6881, described as Barbed, caribou antler; from harpoon arrow. Plaited sinew line with red wool yarn ornamentation attached.

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