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Start Over Collection place Norton Sound to Bristol Bay, Alaska Materials Sinew (material)
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Adze, accession number 2-4053, described as Stone blade (missing) was set into an antler socket; lashed to wooden handle with braided sinew string; handle wrapped with additional sinew string to procure a better grip.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6588, described as Bird arrow, quadra-lobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, secured with sinew; feathers at proximal end. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6575, described as Bird arrow. Three curved and serrated antler heads lashed to wooden shaft with sinew, feathers on proximal end; shaft painted red. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6378, described as Harpoon arrow. Wood shaft, bone socket piece, bone barbed point attached with seal thong line. Fletching destroyed (only quill stubs left). Very short & dull bone point attached to a short leather thong tied to shaft at 51 cm from tip of socket; bone socket set into distal end of wooden shaft; winding of twisted sinew, and short retaining line of leather; socket weighted with lead.
Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6583, described as Bird arrow. Bi-lobed bone point, one point partially lost, inserted into wooden shaft, secured with sinew; feathers, now lost, at proximal end. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6612, described as Small, quadra-lobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft, lashed with sinew; fletching at proximal notched end mostly lost. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.
Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6581, described as Bird arrow. Round, single-pointed bone tip inserted into wooden shaft, secured with sinew; feathers proximal end. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.
Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6585, described as Bird arrow. Bi-lobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft and secured with sinew; feathers, partially lost, at proximal end. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6586, described as Bird arrow. Quadra-lobed bone mortised to receive wooden shaft and secured with sinew; feathers at proximal end. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulegcuun.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Arrow, accession number 2-6587, described as Bone head has ownership marks. Quadralobed bone point inserted into wooden shaft and secured with sinew; feathers at proximal end. Native names: pitegcaun, qerrutviit, yaqulecuun.

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