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Start Over Object class Edged weapons Taxon Odobenus rosmarus
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-14893, described as Foreshaft made of sperm whalebone from an earlier spear; barb of walrus ivory; wood shaft painted with duck blood and black rock. Point barbed on one side.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-1495, described as Foreshaft, socketed, walrus ivory.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-16688a-d, described as Large harpoon head with wooden cap for slate point and wooden holder for toggle and line (shaft and harpoon line for float missing). (a) harpoon toggle head, "fossil" ivory, slate point, rawhide leader. (b) red stained wood sheath. (c) detached toggle shaft, antler, loop of rawhide. (d) oblong red painted wood object hollowed out at one end, may be what is refered to as "wooden holder for toggle and line".
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-62079, described as Red-stained wood shaft, whalebone foreshaft, walrus ivory double barbed point attached to sealskin thong. Sinew lines, projecting bone or ivory finger rest.
Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon, accession number 2-6286, described as Repeating" harpoon. At distal end is split walrus tusk icepick with land otter like incised image with blue bead eyes. Collared socketpiece. Detachable point is m issing.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon foreshaft, accession number 2-45372, described as Walrus ivory, flat bottom. 2 holes near distal end at top and through center.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon foreshaft, accession number 2-45360, described as Carved ivory. Wedge shaped at one end.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon head, accession number 2-45364, described as Toggle. Bone.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon head, accession number 2-62094, described as Harpoon head made from walrus ivory. Has a triangular tip, perforated for lines, but not slotted for point.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Harpoon head, accession number 2-62095, described as Harpoon or dart head made from walrus ivory. Is flatted at tip and is perforated for lines.

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