Catalog Number |
CAS 0036-0054 | |
Category | Tools & Implements | |
Object Name | Ulu knife | |
Culture | Inupiat or Yup'ik (Yupik) Eskimo | |
Global Region | North America | |
Country | USA | |
State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
County | unknown | |
Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
Maker's Name | Unknown | |
Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
Collection Name | N/A | |
Materials | Metal: steel, copper; Ivory | |
Description | Crescent-shaped steel knife with a bifacially thinned (mostly on one face), convex cutting edge; Back edge of blade is also somewhat crescent shaped, with two hammered copper bars riveted to blade at widest point and rising up before joining and being inserted into a cut out section of a rounded rectangular ivory handle. | |
Dimensions (cm) | Width = 11.9, Thickness = 1.7, Length = 10.1 |