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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6398, described as Feathered; ivory point bilaterally barbed, attached to a leather thong which is tied to the shaft (52 cm from tip of socket); ivory socket at distal end of shaft, wound with sinew thread & retaining line which reaches the binding of the three black feathers, one torn, at proximal end. Native name: nagiiquyaq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5829, described as Feathered seal harpoon. Small bone point (barbed on one side) attached to a leather thong splitting at its ends to be connected at two places on the wooden shaft (Y-shaped harpoon line). Socket made of a heavy bone lashed with a braided sinew thread to the shaft.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6401, described as Feathered; bone point bilaterally barbed, attached to Y-shaped leather thong tied to the shaft at 25 & 88 cm from tip of socket; bone socket set into distal end of shaft, wound with sinew thread which extends to the next attachment of the dart line; on proximal end, two black feathers are partially lost, attached to shaft, circular wooden shaft painted red and black. Yup'ik name: nagiiquyaq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6403, described as Feathered; incomplete, point missing; remnant of leather dart line attached to shaft 84 cm from tip of socket; ivory socket with four decorative circular incisions; mortised at its base to receive the distal end of the shaft; retaining line of twisted sinew along the shaft and connected to binding of three black feathers set at proximal end; cylindrical wooden shaft painted black. Yup'ik name: nagiiquyaq.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-5837, described as Feathered harpoon; small bone (baculum) point barbed on both sides; attached to Y-shaped leather thong; socket made of antler (caribou) which is too light for the purpose, inspite of a piece of iron (a screw, 4 cm L.) inserted on its side. Native name: nagiiquyaq.

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