Northward Over the Great Ice
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Ulu with bone handle
19th Greenland hunting / fishing
ca. 189019th
3 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 5/8 in. (9 x 8 x 2 cm)
Inuit (aka Eskimo, Inuk) Primary
Object Type:
hunting / fishing
Creation Places:
North America, Greenland, Northwest Greenland
Medium and Support:
ivory
Credit Line:
Accession Number:
2001.5.1
This small ulu, with an ivory handle and iron blade, was collected by Langdon Gibson on Peary's first expedtion to Northwest Greenland in 1891-2. Across the Arctic Inuit women use such crescent shaped knives for all sorts of cutting, from buthering seals to sewing.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- This Extraordinary Paradise: Living in Northwest Greenland , 10/19/2005 - 10/14/2007
- Northward Over the Great Ice The Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum , 4/17/2008 - 9/5/2010
Provenance History
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Owner Name: Langdon Gibson
Role: collector
Place: Northwest Greenland
Dates: 1891, 1923
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Owner Name: Elizabeth Gibson Ferry
Role: heir
Dates: 1923?, 2001
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