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Catalog Number

CAS 0036-0054   CAS 0036-0054; Ulu knife
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