Culture/People:

Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]  Search this

Previous owner:

Porter's Old Curiosity Shop  Search this

Seller:

Porter's Old Curiosity Shop  Search this

MAI agent:

George Gustav Heye (GGH), Non-Indian, 1874-1957  Search this

Object Name:

Ulu knife

Media/Materials:

Animal Bone, stone

Techniques:

Flaked/chipped, carved

Object Type:

Tools and Equipment (General)

Place:

Point Barrow; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye from Porter's Old Curiosity Shop (Berkeley, California) during a trip to California in 1949.

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Catalog Number:

21/2538

Barcode:

212538.000

See related items:

Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]

Tools and Equipment (General)

Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws609f719a4-ffac-4251-a2ef-71a9b868b638

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:NMAI_226927