Ulu knife blade

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Culture/People: Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
Seller agent: Emma M. Rhodes (E. M. Rhodes/Emma Millmore Rhodes), Non-Indian, 1868-1944
Seller: E. M. Rhodes & Co.

Collection History: Collection history unknown, but said to have been brought south on a whaling ship; purchased by George Heye in 1907 from E. M. Rhodes & Co., a Seattle, Washington, Indian artifact shop owned and operated by Emma M. Rhodes (Emma Millmore Rhodes, 1868-1944).
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Place: Near Point Barrow; Point Barrow; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items: Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]; Tools and Equipment (General)

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 1/3782
Barcode: 013782.000

Object Type: Tools and Equipment (General)

Object Name: Ulu knife blade
Media/Materials: Jade
Techniques: Ground

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws6a367ed3e-0989-4539-8bd6-bad63ff823ec

Record ID: NMAI_14596