EXPLANATION OF PLATE LIV. 

 Ulus, or Woman's Knives, of Cumberland Gulf. 



Fig. 1. Woman's Knife (tjlu). Blade of iron in form of a segment of a circle, 

 with a slender stem inserted in a spindle-form handle of ivory. Blade, 

 5 inches ; stem, 2f inches. 



Cat. No. 63916. U. S. N. M. Upernavik, Greenland, 1882. Gift of Governor Fencker. 



Fig. 2. Woman,s Knife (tjlu). Blade slightly crescent-shaped, riveted to the iron 

 stem one side by means of three iron rivets. The grip is of oak, probably 

 from a whale ship. The smithing is very rude. Length of blade, 5^ 

 inches. 



Cat. No. 29973, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Cumberland Gulf, 1876. Collected by Lieut. 

 W. T. Mintzer. 



Fig. 3. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of iron, slender, the two ends resembling 



bowie-knife points. This is riveted to a plate of iron serving as a stem 



driven through a handle of oak. Rude smithing characteristic of this 



area. Length of blade, 4j inches. 



Cat. No. 29973 (a), U. S. N. Ms Eskimo of Cumberland Gulf. Collected by Lieut. 

 W. T. Mintzer. 



