EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXX. 



Ulus, or Woman's Knives, from Bristol Bay, Alaskan Peninsula, and Kadiak. 



Fig. 1. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of fine black slate, set in a deep pocket groove 

 of the wooden handle. Space cut out on both sides of the handle for 

 thumb and middle finger. Length, 3i inches. 



Cat. No. 55916b, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Bristol Bay, Alaska. Collected by C. L. 

 McKay. 



Fig. 2. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of slate, set in a pocket groove in a handle 

 of cedar wood, and held in place by a seizing of wood. A very old and 

 much used specimen. Length, 7f inches, 



Cat. No. 90410, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Kadiak Island, Alaska. Collected by W. J. 

 Fisber. 



Fig. 3. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of slate, shaped like a sledge runner, lashed 

 to a handle of wood, which is much too short, by a splint of root passing 

 through the blade and over the handle. Width of blade, 6f inches. 



Cat. No. 9041SJ, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of Kadiak Island, Alaska. Collected by W. J. 

 Fisber. 



Fig. 4. Woman's Knife (ulu). Blade of slate, set in a pocket groove of the 

 handle, made by splitting the latter, excavating the groove and then 

 lashing the two parts together and to the blade by sinew passing through 

 the blade and through the handle and sunk in a groove of the handle on 

 either side. The handle has spindle-shaped ends. Length, 9i inches. 



Cat. No. 72541, U. S. N. M. Eskimo of tbe Alaskan Peninsula. Collected by W. J. 

 Fisber. 



