Ulu

Museum number:
2-47004
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020047004
Alternate number:
15 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2526
Description:
Small full size; rounded wood handle, scrap metal shank, crescent-shaped saw steel blade.
Donor:
Nelson H.H. Graburn and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Povungnituk, Quebec, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Quebec; Povungnituk
Culture or time period:
Canadian cultures
Maker or artist:
Juanasiluk Ivqumiak
Collector:
Nelson H.H. Graburn
Collection date:
June 1968 - July 1968
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ulus (knives)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1969
Context of use:
Made by men, used by women (occasionally by men); used away from body for all cutting: meat, skins, cloth, etc.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 12.8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Ulu, accession number 2-47004, described as Small full size; rounded wood handle, scrap metal shank, crescent-shaped saw steel blade.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Ulu, accession number 2-47004, described as Small full size; rounded wood handle, scrap metal shank, crescent-shaped saw steel blade.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Ulu, accession number 2-47004, described as Small full size; rounded wood handle, scrap metal shank, crescent-shaped saw steel blade.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-47004, described as Small full size; rounded wood handle, scrap metal shank, crescent-shaped saw steel blade.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-47004, described as Small full size; rounded wood handle, scrap metal shank, crescent-shaped saw steel blade.

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