Knife

MOA: University of British Columbia

2978/115

Ulu type knife with a triangular blade. Blade has a curved bottom edge and is attached to a short metal shaft which pierces a rectangular bone handle. On the top of the bone, the shaft splits and folds to either side. The bone is rounded on the top, flat on the bottom, with a single short line carved into the outside edge of the underside.


  • Type of Item knife
  • Culture Inuit
  • Material metal, bone
  • Measurements height 2.4 cm, width 10.9 cm, depth 8.5 cm (overall)

  • Previous Owner Gary Dillabaugh, Janet Dillabaugh
  • Received from Gary Dillabaugh, Janet Dillabaugh

  • Made in Canada

  • Ownership Date before October 22, 2012
  • Acquisition Date on October 22, 2012

  • Item Classes metalwork
  • Condition good
  • Accession Number 2978/0115