Ulu

The ulu is a women’s knife used by women mainly to degrease seal skins and slice the meat. The half-moon-shaped blade is attached in the middle to a wooden and metal T-shaped handle.

Period: 20th century, 1977

Culture: Inuit, Nunavik, Quebec

Artisan: Unknown

Materials: wood; metal

Dimensions: 16.3 × 2 × 21.5 cm

Musée de la civilisation, Giroux Tschiember Family collection, photographer: Julien Auger – Icône, 2001-201