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Miniature harpoon with a wooden shaft. Attached at one end is a curved blade-like bone tied with sinew; other end has a sharp nail inserted into bone and tied with sinew.
Short arrow with a wooden shaft and a copper arrowhead secured at the base with sinew.
Translucent yellow-white spoon carved from horn. Bowl of spoon is oval and elongated. Sinew is bound around the handle, tying it to the bowl.
Ice chisel model: copper head and bone socket with wooden handle and split handle for mounting head.
Miniature harpoon with a wooden handle, metal shaft, and detachable, barbed copper head. Braided sinew cords attach head to handle.
Large flat leaf-shaped iron blade. Fixed to the blade with compresses of spruce resin are two antler spurs (elk ?) incised with designs of wolf and snake. Also attached, there is a heavy lanyard of twisted sinew (whale or sea-lion) (used to attach head to long line). Engraved with lightning serpent imagery.
Woman's outer coat, or parka, with a long tail, extended hood, and an elongated flap protruding from the hem at front. Made of brown fur, with light tan fur inset and sewn to form patterns. (Note: photo shows inner and outer coats together, A2.516-17.)
Cable-backed bow made of seven pieces of caribou antler riveted together and tied with sinew and hide backing. Thick band of braided sinew cords run the length of the bow on the outside curve. Bowstring of braided sinew.
Cable-backed, recurve bow made of five pieces of wood bound together with cords of braided sinew and strips of skin. A thick band of braided sinew wound with a strip of skin runs the length of the bow on the outer side of the curve. Bowstring is also made of braided sinew.
Metal point bound to a short wooden shaft; blade is inserted into shaft, then wrapped around with sinew.