Ulu (Woman's knife)
Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic
collected 1905
Slate and bone
Overall: 5 1/2 × 3 9/16 in. (14 × 9 cm)
Overall: 13/16 in. (2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9589
Geography
Place Made: Point Hope, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Processing
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Course History
Art History 38.04, Food and Art: Global History, Nicola Camerlenghi, Spring 2023
Exhibition History
Montshire Museum of Art Exhibition, Montshire Museum of Science, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Provenance
Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Point Hope, Alaska, probably 1905; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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