Ulu

Museum number:
2-68154
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020068154
Accession number:
Acc.4040
Description:
Steel blade (rusted), antler handle.
Donor:
Lyons Filmer
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Lyons Filmer
Collection date:
ca. 1980
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ulus (knives)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Context of use:
May be tourist item. Traditionally an Eskimo womans skinning/multipurpose knife.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 5.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-68154, described as Steel blade (rusted), antler handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-68154, described as Steel blade (rusted), antler handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ulu, accession number 2-68154, described as Steel blade (rusted), antler handle.

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