Ulu

Museum number:
2-1582
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020001582
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
ulu, skin scraper: Slate blade in wood handle
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ulus (knives)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Womans multiple purpose knife.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
14.9 centimeters
Loans:
S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present) and S1972-1973 #47: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/William S. Simmons (January 19, 1973–January 19, 1973)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-1582, described as ulu, skin scraper: Slate blade in wood handle
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-1582, described as ulu, skin scraper: Slate blade in wood handleDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-1582, described as ulu, skin scraper: Slate blade in wood handleDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-1582, described as ulu, skin scraper: Slate blade in wood handleDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-1582, described as ulu, skin scraper: Slate blade in wood handleDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-1582, described as ulu, skin scraper: Slate blade in wood handle

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