Ulu

Museum number:
2-3954
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020003954
Alternate number:
x-100 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Ulu blade, half only and perforated for hafting; ground slate; sharpened from both sides; fragment: broken at the hole for attachment to handle.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Colville River, North Slope, North Slope Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; North Slope; Colville River
Culture or time period:
Colville River Eskimo
Collector:
E. E. Smith
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ulus (knives)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 9.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-3954, described as Ulu blade, half only and perforated for hafting; ground slate; sharpened from both sides; fragment: broken at the hole for attachment to handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-3954, described as Ulu blade, half only and perforated for hafting; ground slate; sharpened from both sides; fragment: broken at the hole for attachment to handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-3954, described as Ulu blade, half only and perforated for hafting; ground slate; sharpened from both sides; fragment: broken at the hole for attachment to handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-3954, described as Ulu blade, half only and perforated for hafting; ground slate; sharpened from both sides; fragment: broken at the hole for attachment to handle.

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