Ulu

Museum number:
2-7079
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020007079
Alternate number:
23 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Slate knife with ivory handle, blade only found [1972].
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection date:
1889-1904
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ulus (knives)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Womans utility knife.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 6.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-7079, described as Slate knife with ivory handle, blade only found [1972].
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-7079, described as Slate knife with ivory handle, blade only found [1972].Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-7079, described as Slate knife with ivory handle, blade only found [1972].Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-7079, described as Slate knife with ivory handle, blade only found [1972].

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