Accession No
Z 46149.14
Description
Bone ulu. The handle and blade are formed from one piece of bone. Flaring, straight cutting edge, tapering to the handle, which flares outwards and terminated in a curved edge. The blade has two perforations. One face is decorated with small incisions.
Place
Arctic; North America; Canada; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Foxe Peninsula; Nuwata
Period
?Dorset ?Thule ?Inuit
Source
Manning, Thomas Henry [excavator]; British Canadian Arctic Expedition
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 46149.14; B14 [Excavation No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
95mm
Events
Description (Physical description)
Ulu Handle
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Site B. Excavated by Thomas Manning, British Canadian Arctic Expedition, in August 1938.
Event Date 8/1938
Author: maa
Context (References)
Manning, T.H. (1943). ‘The Foxe Basin Coasts of Baffin Island.’ The Geographical Journal, vol. 101(5/6). pp. 225-251.
Event Date 1943
Author: Esther Laver
Context (References)
Manning, T.H. (1950). ‘Eskimo Stone Houses in Foxe Basin’. Arctic, vol. 3(2). pp. 108-112.
Event Date 1950
Author: Esther Laver
Description (Physical description)
Bone ulu. The handle and blade are formed from one piece of bone. Flaring, straight cutting edge, tapering to the handle, which flares outwards and terminated in a curved edge. The blade has two perforations. One face is decorated with small incisions.
Event Date 18/9/2024
Author: Esther Laver
FM:27477
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