Knife Item Number: Na700 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Ulu type knife. Rounded metal blade and ivory handle. The blade is crescent shaped, with a horizontal, yellowed ivory handle attached to it via a metal shank.
History Of Use
This is a semi-lunar women's knife of metal. Before contact these knives were made of ground slate. General utilitarian knives, used for many tasks including butchering and dressing hides.
Cultural Context
used by women for butchering and hide working
Item History
- Made in Nunavut, Canada before 1940
- Collected between 1930 and 1940
- Owned by Frances Ross before May 26, 1977
- Received from Frances Ross (Donor) on May 26, 1977
What
- Name
- Knife
- Identification Number
- Na700
- Type of Item
- knife
- Material
- walrus tusk and steel metal ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- forged, polished and carved
- Overall
- height 9.0 cm, width 10.5 cm, depth 1.3 cm
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Previous Owner
- Frances Ross
- Received from
- Frances Ross (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nunavut, Canada
When
- Creation Date
- before 1940
- Collection Date
- between 1930 and 1940
- Ownership Date
- before May 26, 1977
- Acquisition Date
- on May 26, 1977
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 47
- Accession Number
- 0387/0001