EXPLANATION OF PLATE LX. 



Ulus, or Woman's Knives, from Kotzebue Sound. 



Fig, 1. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of iron, quadrant-shaped, inserted firmly 

 into a short handle or grip of niusk-ox horn. Width of blade, 5| inches. 



Cat. No. 75496, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Kotzebue Sound, 1884. Collected by Lieut. 

 G. M. Stoney, U. S. N. 



Fig. 2. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of hornstone, fan-shaped. Handle wanting. 

 Width, 3 £ inches. 



Cat. No. 75497, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Kotzebue Sound, 1S84. Collected by Lieut. 

 G. M. Stoney, U. S. N. 



Fig. 3. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of jadeite, thin and highly polished, set in a 

 pine handle, which is altogether modern. Length, 6 J inches. 



Cat. No. 76676, U. S. N M. Eskimo of Cape Lisburne, Alaska. Collected by H. D. 

 Woolfe. 



