EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXII. 



Ulus, or Woman's Knives, from Plover Bay. St. Lawrence Island, and Norton Sound. 



Fig. 1. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of iron, rectangular, inserted into a pocket 

 groove in the handle of antler, much weathered Almost identical with 

 specimen from St. Lawrence Island. Length of handle, 8 inches. 



Cat. No. 46256, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Plover Bay. Eastern Siberia. Collected by W. 

 H. Dall. 



Fig. 2. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of iron, evidently not designed for the 

 handle, set in a pocket groove twice too long for it. Handle of walrus 

 ivoiy, wedge-shaped, wider in the middle. Length of handle, 4i inches. 



Cat. No. 127008, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of St. Lawrence Island, 1880. Collected by E. 

 W. Nelson. 



Fig. 3. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of slate, very large, inserted in a small 

 grooved piece of ivory and held in place by a packing of rawhide. Width 

 of blade, 8 inches. 



Cat. No. 24363, U. S. N. M. Malemut Eskimo of Norton Sound, Alaska. Collected by 

 Lucien M. Turner. 



