EXPLANATION OF PLATE LV. 

 Ulus, or Woman's Knives, from Northeast Canada. 



Fig. 1. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade bell-shaped, riveted into a deep groove of 

 the ivory base of the handle. The handle consists of three parts, the 

 grip of musk-ox horn, the stem of antler inserted into the grip and sewed 

 with sinew thread to the blade piece. Length of knife, 4i inches. 

 Cat. No. 10411, U. S. N. M. Pelly Bay, 1871. Collected by Capt. C. F. Hall. 



Fig. 2. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of iron, fan-shaped, riveted to the iron stem 

 on one side with four copper and one iron rivets. Upper end of stem 

 driven into a grip of musk-ox horn. A very graceful piece, the sides of 

 the blade were roughly cut with a cold chisel or file, perhaps by a whaling- 

 ship's carpenter. Length, 4 inches. 



Cat. No. 10215, U. S. N. M. Igloolik Eskimo, 1871. Collected by Capt. C. F. Hall. 



Fig. 3. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade crescent-shaped, fastened in the stem of the 

 handle of antler by an iron rivet. The grip of the handle resembles 

 closely the shape of the blade. Width of blade, 2i inches. 



Cat. No. 90259, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Ungava, Canada, 1884. Collected by Lucien 

 M. Turner. 



