Knife Handle Item Number: A2.138 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
White-grey, T-shaped handle with a curved top segment attached to a vertical piece that flares to meet a blade (blade missing).
History Of Use
Used for scraping meat or skins.
Narrative
Collected by Glyndwr Abraham while working as an R.C.M.P. officer between July 1929 and July 1959.
Cultural Context
Handle of a woman's knife, called "ulu".
Item History
- Made in Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
- Collected between 1936 and 1937
- Owned by Glyndwr Abraham before October 26, 1971
- Received from Glyndwr Abraham (Donor) on October 26, 1971
What
- Name
- Knife Handle
- Identification Number
- A2.138
- Type of Item
- handle
- Material
- caribou antler
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved and drilled
- Overall
- height 9.0 cm, width 8.5 cm, depth 1.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Inuit: Inuinnait
- Previous Owner
- Glyndwr Abraham
- Received from
- Glyndwr Abraham (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- between 1936 and 1937
- Ownership Date
- before October 26, 1971
- Acquisition Date
- on October 26, 1971
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 0181/0014