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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Basket, museum number 2-68184, described as Openwork twined, purse-shaped; row of loops at the border are made by braiding the warp strands; serve to hold the carrying cord which may be tied or sewn back and forth across the opening. Made with leaves of wild rye grass Elymus mollis and dyes.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Boat hook, museum number 2-1805, described as Boat hook; wooden shaft with red and black stripes, hook attached with sinew, hook has one point broken off, other point notched.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Boat model, paddles, and harpoon, museum number 2-69114a-g, described as a) Boat model; hide lashed to and stretched over gunwales, keel, and ribs; no deck; runners lashed to bottom for land hauling. b-f) Paddles, made of wood. g) Harpoon with toggle point. Materials include ivory, bone, and cotton twine. Finely crafted model; well sanded.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Canoe model, museum number 2-6834, described as Model of birchbark canoe.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Drag toggle, museum number 2-6157, described as Carved ivory handle representing beluga. Tail tied on with baleen and sinew, large slot through center.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harness model, museum number 2-6345, described as Rawhide thongs.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Kayak, museum number 2-6349, described as Kayak. Distribution of this style of kayak: from Point Barrrow south to Kotzebue Sound. Point Barrow attributed; refer Adney and Chapelle: The Bark Canoes and Skin Boats of North America; Smithsonian Institution 1964, figures 187-190. Identified by John D. Heath (1965) as Kotzebue Sound type. one-hatch; wood frame covered with skin.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Kayak, museum number 2-6348, described as Kayak made of skin. One hatch, wooden frame covered with skin; small hole in stern.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Kayak, museum number 2-39745, described as Made of walrus hide and wood. "Old style" according to John Heath 1965.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Kayak, museum number 2-3001, described as Wood framework bound with sinews from the spine of the reindeer. The outer covering is bull walrus sealskin. Paddle 2-3003 probably belongs to this kayak. "They do their hunting and fishing in these boats and frail as they look will stand quite rough water when handled by them. This was just finished and made its maiden trip to the ship when I bought it.