EXPLANATION OF PLATE L V 1 1. 



Ulus, or Woman's Knives, from Northern Alaska. 



Fig. 1. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of iron, trapezoidal in shape, inserted in a 

 groove in a handle of walrus ivory, the upper borders of which are per- 

 forated and adorned with lacing of whalebone. A double cone perfora- 

 tion serves for suspension strings. Width of blade, 3 inches. 



Cat. No. 5813, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of the mouth of Mackenzie River. Gift of R. 

 McFarlane. 



Fig. 2. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of drab slate, set in groove of walrus ivory 

 handle. There are five ornaments on each side of the latter, made each 

 of a dot and two concentric rings. Width of blade, 3 inches. 



Cat. No. 89687, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Point Barrow, Alaska, 1884. Collected by 



Capt. P. H. Ray, U. S. A. 



Fig. 3. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of drab slate, in a handle of antler. The 



handle consists of two separate pieces lashed together and held to 



the blade by the sinew passing through the hole in the upper margin. 



Width of blade, 3 inches. 



Cat. No. 89688. U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Point Barrow, Alaska, 1884. Collected by 

 Capt. P. H. Ray, U. S. A. 



