Knife

Museum number:
2-3905
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020003905
Alternate number:
x-51 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Stone knife with the cutting edge sharpened at both sides and a hole drilled in the center near the flat edge to fasten the handle. Woman's knife (ulu).
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Karluk, Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kodiak district; Karluk
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Alaska Commercial Company
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Knives (stone tools)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
woman's knife (ulu)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3905, described as Stone knife with the cutting edge sharpened at both sides and a hole drilled in the center near the flat edge to fasten the handle. Woman's knife (ulu).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3905, described as Stone knife with the cutting edge sharpened at both sides and a hole drilled in the center near the flat edge to fasten the handle. Woman's knife (ulu).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3905, described as Stone knife with the cutting edge sharpened at both sides and a hole drilled in the center near the flat edge to fasten the handle. Woman's knife (ulu).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knife, accession number 2-3905, described as Stone knife with the cutting edge sharpened at both sides and a hole drilled in the center near the flat edge to fasten the handle. Woman's knife (ulu).

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