Ulu

Museum number:
2-3915
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-61 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
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.
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
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ulus (knives)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 9.3 centimeters
Images:
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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.

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