Ulu

Museum number:
2-3902
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-48 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Stone knife (ulu blade); slate. It is a relatively thin and high blade, and the cutting edge is 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 12.4 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-3902, described as Stone knife (ulu blade); slate. It is a relatively thin and high blade, and the cutting edge is 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 2-3902, described as Stone knife (ulu blade); slate. It is a relatively thin and high blade, and the cutting edge is 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 2-3902, described as Stone knife (ulu blade); slate. It is a relatively thin and high blade, and the cutting edge is 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 2-3902, described as Stone knife (ulu blade); slate. It is a relatively thin and high blade, and the cutting edge is sharpened at both sides. Used by women for skinning and cutting up game and fish.

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