EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXV. 



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



Fig. 1. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of dark slate, shaped like a worn butcher's 

 knife, and having a tang an inch long. Figured to show one mode of 

 attachment. Length, 5 inches. 



Cat. No. 48853, U. S. N. M. Ekogmut Eskimo, Lower Yukon, Alaska. Collected by 

 E. W. Nelson. 



Fig. 2. Woman's Knife (ulu). Handle of antler with groove cut quite through 

 the outer and the spongy portion. Blade missing. Length, 4 inches. 



Cat. No. 45489, U. S. N. M. Unaligmut Eskimo, St. Michaels, Alaska, Collected by 

 E. W. Nelson. 



Fig 3. Woman's Knife (ulu). Handle of walrus ivory, exhibiting the finest finish 

 and the greatest economy of material. The lower portion is thickened 

 just enough to hold the iron blade. The upper margin is expanded like 

 the back of a razor. Doubtless the piece was made by an Eskimo, but 

 the form and finish are quite beyond his rude tools before European con- 

 tact. Length, 3 inches. 



Cat. No. 48257, Eskimo of Nunivak Island, Alaska. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Fig. 4. Woman's Knife (ulu). Handle of walrus ivory, wedge-shaped, rounded 

 above, cut out in a crescent-shaped opening, pocket groove for blade. 

 Length, 2| inches. 



Cat. No.43959, U. S. N. M. Eskimo north of Norton Sound, 1880. Collected by E. W. 



Nelson. 



Fig. 5. Woman's Knife (ulu). Handle of walrus ivory, plane surface on the bot- 

 tom and sides and rounded on the back. A groove extends across the 

 middle, and at its middle the handle is perforated for a suspension cord. 

 Length, 3 inches. 



Cat, No. 37744, U. S. N. M. 



Fig. 6. Woman's Knife (ulu). Handle of walrus ivory with broad stem, like 

 Smith's Sound specimen, and grip with two wings notched at the ends. 

 Length, 2| inches. 



Cat. No. 44180, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Cape Darby, Alaska, 1880. Collected by E. W. 

 Nelson. 



