ALASKAN ARTIFACTS

ALEUT,  INUIT ESKIMO

 

Polished Basalt, Slate and Jade

Black Slate Hunting Knife

Length: 5.00"

Width: 2.8"

Thickness: .30"

The three holes would of been used to tie baleen to a haft of wood.

 

 

 

ALEUTIAN  POLISHED BASALT BLADE

Captain's Bay on Unalaska Island

Length: 2.88"

Width: 1.08"

Thickness: .22"

Ex:  Donald M. Witt; William Witt (Son)


 

Black Slate Hunting Knife

Length: 4.9"

Width: 1.9"

Thickness: .32"

I would speculate that the handle was wrapped with leather


 

Length: 3.91"

Width: 1.18"

Thickness: .33"

 Knife Form


These Eskimo Slate Blades in this collection are from

the Favell Museum of Klamath Falls, Oregon.
The pieces were originally collected by Guy Gilbert of Kennewick Washington,

and his daughter Alma Eades of Fairbanks, Alaska.
Gene Favell purchased Mr. Gilberts collection of Columbia River and Eskimo artifacts

 in the early 1970's in order to display the pieces in the Favell Museum.

After Mr. Favell's death in 2001,the decision was made by Mrs. Favell to sell some artifacts the were no longer on display.

Ex: Guy Gilbert,  Favell Museum

 

Length: 3.7"

Width: 1.22"

Thickness: .18"

Green Slate

Length: 4.0"

Width: 1.45"

Thickness: .25"

Chocolate Slate Knife

Length: 4.11"

Width: 1.35"

Thickness: .29"

Grey Slate Ulu

Close-up of Drilled hole

Length: 4.46"

Width: 3.22"

Thickness: .33"

Grey Slate Ulu

Length: 4.06"

Width: 1.78"

Thickness: .27"

 Beautiful Polished Knife, Flaked hafting zone

 

Length: 3.7"

Width: 1.3"

Thickness: .18"

Slate Knife or Lance Tip

 

 Well patinated early type Ground Slate Knife or Spear. G-10 Grade, Super museum quality piece of ground stone from the Kachemak Tradition

Length: 5.1"

Width:.86

Thickness:.279

Alaskan, Kenai Peninsula

Length: 9"

Width: 2.3"

Thickness:.43"

Handle Length: 2.3"

 Knife

 

Length: 3.76"

Width: 1.11"

Thickness: .28"

ex: Neil Eckland

 

Length: 3.29"

Width: 1.26"

Thickness: .24"

Jade Knife

Heavy Grinding at Hafting zone

Surface patination

 

 

Length: 4.41"

Width: 3.05"

Thickness: .19"

Paddle Ulu: Used for cutting blubber

 

Length: 3.45"

Thickness: .25"

 Rare Disk Ulu

 

Length: 2.68"

Width: 1.26"

Thickness: .14"

  Ulu Knife

 

Length: 3.44"

Width: 1.91"

Thickness: .37"

 Rectangle Ulu

Length: 2.37"

Width: 2.12"

Thickness: .24"

 Round Ulu

 

slate knife

ESKIMO GROUND SLATE KNIFE BLADE

Length: 3.94"

Width: 1.54"

Thickness: .23"

4" Ex: Ernie Cowles

Length: 3.49"

Width: 2.28"

Thickness: .21"

Oval Ulu

Length: 4.17"

Width: 2.26"

Thickness: .15"

 Slate Knife

Length: 4.48"

Width: 3.04"

Thickness: .57"

 Basalt Leather Working Ulu

HAFTED SLATE ULU KNIVES

slate ulu

Length: 3.21"

Width: 1.93"

Thickness: .19"

 

slate ulu

Length: 3.41"

Width: 2.25"

Thickness: .22"

Baleen Wrap

slate knife

5.34"  SLATE KNIFE

Blade Length: 2.57"

Width: 1.11"

Thickness: .18"

Drift Wood Handle Ulu Slate Knife

Blade Length: 2.92"

Width: 1.82"

Thickness: .13

ex: Del Roerick

 

Antlerknife

5.88" SLATE KNIFE

Blade Length: .12"

Width: .75"

Thickness: .09"