EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXI. 



Ulus, or Woman's Knives, from Hotham Inlet and Cape Nome. 



Fig. 1. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of hornstone, leaf-shaped, with a projec- 

 tion from one margin. The handle is of the most primitive character, 

 being formed of osier, wrapped backward and forward longitudinally 

 and held firmly in place by cross twining and weaving of the same 

 material. The interstices are filled with fish scales. Length, 3| inches. 



Cat. No. 63765, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Hotham Inlet, Alaska. Collected by Lieut. G. 

 M. Stoney, U. S. N. 



Fig. 2. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of chert or flint material, inserted in a han- 

 dle of wood. On the upper margin of the latter at either corner are three 

 cross gashes or grooves. 



Cat. No. 63766, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Hotham Inlet, Alaska. Collected by Lieut. G. 

 M. Stoney, U. S. N. 



Fig. 3. Woman's Knife (ulu). Handle of walrus ivory abruptly wedge-shaped, 

 like the kernel of a Brazil nut. Ornament, groove, and herring bone on 

 top, lines and alternating tooth-shaped cuts on the side, with five scratches 

 resembling inverted trees. Pocket groove for blade. Length, 2-J inches. 



Cat. No. 44598, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Cape Nome, Alaska, 1880. Collected by E. W. 

 Nelson. 



