Ulu

Museum number:
2-4001
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-147 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Small stone knife with bone handle. Slate blade. 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:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Bone (material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ulus (knives)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Nelson Graburn calls this a "model.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 4 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: Cf. 2-3991, 3992, 3999, 4000.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Ulu, accession number 2-4001, described as Small stone knife with bone handle. Slate blade. 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 3 titled Ulu, accession number 2-4001, described as Small stone knife with bone handle. Slate blade. 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 3 titled Ulu, accession number 2-4001, described as Small stone knife with bone handle. Slate blade. 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 2-4001, described as Small stone knife with bone handle. Slate blade. 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 2-4001, described as Small stone knife with bone handle. Slate blade. 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 2-4001, described as Small stone knife with bone handle. Slate blade. 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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