Ulu

Museum number:
2-3991
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020003991
Alternate number:
x-137 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
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).
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ulus (knives)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility and 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Womans multiple purpose knife.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
12.3 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: Cf. 2-3992, 3999, 4000, 4001.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 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 2 of 4 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 3 of 4 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 4 of 4 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).
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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).Documentation associated with 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).Documentation associated with 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).

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