Ulu

Museum number:
2-19203
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Iron mounted in ivory handle. Womans knife, shaped like chopper.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Point Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Point Barrow
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
A. C. Dark
Collection date:
1883
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ulus (knives)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Womans utility knife.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 10.7 centimeters
Loans:
S1986-1987 #16: Stan Musilek (January 20, 1987–January 21, 1987)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-19203, described as Iron mounted in ivory handle. Womans knife, shaped like chopper.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-19203, described as Iron mounted in ivory handle. Womans knife, shaped like chopper.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-19203, described as Iron mounted in ivory handle. Womans knife, shaped like chopper.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-19203, described as Iron mounted in ivory handle. Womans knife, shaped like chopper.

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