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Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-3998, described as Stone knife with wooden handle. Slate blade.
Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-19245, described as Blade, poor condition. Green stone knife used for flaking skin.
Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-3915, described as Stone knife blade with single edge; ground slate. Side ended knife with a curved working edge, sharpened from both sides. The other end, thicker and blunt, is where the lashing was. Handle missing.
Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-3909, described as Stone knife with hold drilled near the center for fastening the handle; ulu blade; slate. Crescent-shaped cutting edge, sharpened at both sides. Used by women for skinning and cutting up game and fish.
Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-41102, described as Knife, slate blade, antler handle.
Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-19250, described as Fragment of blade. Greenish brown stone. Womans knife, shaped like chopper.
Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-3938, described as Knife for cutting up whale (?). Ulu blade; slate sharpened from both sides with two holes drilled for attaching the handle. Fabric material through one hole.
Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-3901, described as Stone knife fragment, probably part of an Ulu; slate. Cutting edge is sharpened from both sides.
Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-3991, described as Slate blade set in red and black painted wood handle; cut-out area in handle. This is actually a "replica" i.e. made for sale. This is a prehistoric ulu with new handle added later during A.C.C marketing - fide Ronald W. Senungetuk (July 1987).
Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-3907, described as Stone knife (ulu blade) with a crescent cutting edge, sharpened at both sides; slate. Used by women for skinning and cutting up game and fish.

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