Kayak hunting expeditions required a great deal of tools and weapons. Sealskin cords attached weapons to the deck of the vessel, and these small tools, known as line attachers, joined together two sealskin cords without using a knot. These line attachers feature a design that may have been seen as charms to attract prey. Each piece shows beings transforming into other beings—a human and rabbit turn into a seal, while a bear transforms into a human and then into a seal. Such transformations infuse both oral traditions and visual art in Yup’ik culture, which holds that beings do not have a single, immutable form.