Ulu

Museum number:
2-3909
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-55 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
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.
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
Context of use:
Used by women for skinning and cutting up game and fish.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 21.2 centimeters
Images:
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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.Documentation associated with 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.

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