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Start Over Collection place St. Michael Island, Nome Borough, Alaska Function 6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
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 Basket, accession number 2-6498, described as Coiled, small. Round hole on bottom. Made of grass.
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 2-6497, described as Coiled, small. Made of grass.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6375, described as Wrapped with sinew. wood, curved; reinforced with braided sinew; cross-wrapped with braided sinew. Yup'ik name: Urluvcuar. Could be used to kill muskrat; child's bow.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bow, accession number 2-6379, described as Wood. Possibly for training boys. Two sinew cables lashed to bow with sinew, tied with cotton string at center. Painted red, median groove along whole length of back surface; bow string missing; the reinforcement was made of two cords of sinew, now damaged; this bow probably had no wrapping to hold the reinforcement cords. Yup'ik name: urluvcuar.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-6202, described as Carved ivory water bird. Flat bottom.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-6258, described as Ivory fish; flat.
Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-6228, described as Carved walrus ivory figure of stickleback ? Beluga.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-6251, described as Carved bone figure of lizard with incised chevrons on back.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-6254, described as Carved fish; ivory.

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