EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXVI. 



ULUS, OR WOMAN'S KNIVES, FROM NORTON SOUND TO KUSKOKVIM RlVER. 



Fig. 1. Woman's Knife (ulu). Handle of walrus ivory, with slit for insertion of 

 metal blade, without rivets. There is an opening to form the grip, and a 

 projection at one end is in imitation of a seal's head. The ornamenta- 

 tion consists of scratches and a coarsely cut gutter. Blade wanting. 

 Length, 3^ inches. 



Cat. No. 38366, U. S. N. M. Nuloktologamut Eskimo, Alaska. Collected by E. W. 

 Nelson. 



Fig. 2. Woman's Knife (ulu). Handle of walrus ivory, with slit for insertion of 

 metal blade, without rivets. The grip is cleverly formed by the elongated 

 body of marmot, the head projecting. Ornamentation, three bands 

 scratched on the border and five dots. Blade wanting. Length 4i inches. 



Cat. No. 38129, U. S. N. M. Nuloktologamut Eskimo, Alaska. Collected by E. W. 

 Nelson. 

 Fig. 3. Woman's Knife (ulu). Handle a delicate specimen of walrus ivory in 

 form of a sledge, the groove for the metal blade in the curved portion. 

 The grip separated from the blade piece by a long open space. At the 

 end of the handle is the head of a seal devouring a miniature walrus. 

 The dot and circle ornament is used. Length, 4f inches. 



Cat. No. 37960, U. S. N. M. Magemut Eskimo of Kuskokvim Bay, Alaska Collected 

 by E. W. Nelson. 



Fig. 4. Woman's Knife (ulu). Smail handle of walrus ivory, fairly carved, and 

 having a deep groove for a metal blade. On one end is the head of some 

 animal, on the other a human face, and all over the surface dots and 

 geometric patterns. Length, If inches. 



Cat. No. 33628, Unaligmut Eskimo, St. Michaels, Alaska. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Fig. 5. Woman's Knife (ulu). Handle of antler, and unique in form. In addi- 

 tion to the usual groove for the blade, the handle is extended in one 

 direction to form the head of an animal. Upon the sides are shown the 

 igloo, or hut, of an Eskimo family, the scaffold, on which all things are 

 put out of the way of the dogs, and a party of Eskimo. Length, 6 inches. 

 Cat. No. 24376, U. S. N. M.. Eskimo of Norton Sound. Collected by Lucien M. Tur- 



