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E1630-0 - UluBack

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Description

Ulu with an iron blade and ivory handle. The handle has a transverse slot along the bottom edge into which the blade has been inserted, and an elongated perforation has been cut through the handle to provide a hand grip. Seven holes have been drilled through the top of the handle, through which strands of baleen have been laced, probably to enhance the grip when working with slippery materials. The curved cutting edge has been sharpened by filing along both sides.

Information from the Smithsonian

FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1890; P1. 56, FIG. 3; P. 416 (ULU) BLADE OF SHEET IRON, INSERTED WITHOUT RIVETS INTO A SLIT IN THE HANDLE OF WALRUS IVORY. THE LATTER IS EXCAVED ON BOTH SIDES TO FIT THE HAND AND ORNAMENTED WITH WHALEBONE PLACED THROUGH PERFORATIONS IN THE UPPER BORDER WITH SLIGHT VARIATIONS. ILLUS. HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 5, ARCTIC, PG. 353, FIG. 7A."

  • Collection: Macfarlane Collection
  • Catalogue Number: E1630-0
  • Object Type: ulu
  • Materials: iron, ivory, baleen
  • Manufacturing Techniques: cutting, drilling
  • Tags: sewing, tool, domestic

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