Two woman's knives "ulu" · Greenland, Inuit · ID: 3050271
Price
EUR 300
plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Heinrich Dröge, Remseck, GermanySize
H: 9,5 cm & 11 cm
H: 3.7 inch & 4.3 inch
Description
walrus bone and tooth, iron, on fabric-covered wooden panel, comes with: two ground stones
An “ulu” is an all-purpose knife traditionally used by Inuit, Iñupiat, Yupik, and Aleut women.
It is used for skinning and cutting up prey such as whales and seals, filleting fish and preparing and chopping up food. But also as a tool to make the traditional boots “kamik”, to cut hair or even to cut blocks of snow and ice that are needed to build an igloo.
The object Two woman’s knives “ulu” with the object ID 3050271 was part of the auction Online Auction on September 27, 2023, lot number 27 at that time and is currently available for EUR 300 in Open sale.
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