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Start Over Collection place Alaska Collector Valene Smith McIntyre Accession year [Missing]
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Anthropomorphic figure, accession number 2-69117, described as Made of bone, rectangular and flat. An abstract human face is carved into porous bone in low relief.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Bag, accession number 2-69113, described as Made from seal pup hide with fur. Head and tail removed and ends sewn. Slit cut in pectoral area to form bag. Hide lacing and hide loop at each end.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Boat model, paddles, and harpoon, accession 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 Carving, accession number 2-69120, described as Made of soapstone, polished. An abstract figure of a standing bird (penguin?).
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-69121, described as Soapstone carving of a fish (salmon?), attached to a rock base.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-69119, described as Made of soapstone. Head of walrus with ivory tusks, mounted on a flat, irregularly shaped stone base.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Carving, accession number 2-69118, described as Made of jade (?). Abstract figure of a seal, with head and chest raised, looking to its own right. Bottom is flat.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Fishing pole, accession number 2-69115, described as Made of wood, bow shaped. Pole is bent into a "J" shape and is held under tension (currently) with nylon monofilament. An iron wire hook is thrust through an ivory fish-like lure, weighted with lead, suspended with monofilament from the long end of bow.
Hearst Museum object titled Float (fishing), accession number 2-69116, described as Made of skin or bladder. Holes in skin are plugged with wooden pegs and teeth.
Hearst Museum object titled Fossil fragment, accession number 2-69123, described as A fragment of fossilized bone (?) or tusk (?), cylindrical, oval cross section.

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