EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXIV. 



Ulus'or Woman's Knives, from Norton Sound and Lower Yukon. 



Fig. 1. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of black slate, typical in form, curved edge 

 and straight back, inserted in the groove of a clumsy pine handle, and 

 held in place by a lashing of spruce root passing through the handle and 

 through a hole rubbed in the blade. Length of blade, 4J inches. 



Cat. No. 38255, U. S. N. M. Ekogmut Eskimo, Lower Yukon. Collected by E. W. 

 Nelson. 



Fig. 2. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of drab slate, long, slender, and furnished 

 with a lashing-hole, made not by boring but by the meeting of grooves 

 sunk on the two sides. This sort of perforation is quite common in ulu 

 blades of slate. Length, 8 inches. 



Cat. No. 48831, U. S. N. M. Ekogmut Eskimo, Lower Yukon, Alaska. Collected by 

 E. W. Nelson. 



Fig. 3. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of dark slate, in form of circular segment. 

 Its size indicates its use for cutting fish and meat rather than skins. 

 Length, 10-J inches. 



Cat. No. 33766, U. S. N. M. Malemut Eskimo of Norton Sound. Alaska. Collected 

 by E. W. Nelson. 



Fig. 4. Woman's Knife (ulu). Called a meat-knife in Mr. Turner's catalogue. 



Blade of cleaver shape, riveted into a very deep groove in a handle of 



antler. The latter projects from the blade and has on its under side three 



deep finger grooves. Pierced for suspension. Length of knife, 8 inches. 



Cat. No. 24365, U. S. N. M. Unaligmut Eskimo, south of Norton Sound, Alaska. 



