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Originally Posted by potapych

Eastern Arctic, Inuit: Nunavimiut, 1900-1909, Antler, metal, 5.3 x 6.4 cm (From McCord Museum).

Canadian Inuit, ("Thule"), Ulu (woman's knife), bone handle and iron blade, Strathcona Sound, Baffin Island, Nunavut, circa 1500-1800 A.D. (From the Canadian Museum of Civilization).

They are still a very popular kitchen tool and modern samples abound.

I don't have a picture, but I got my mother a modern ulu from Dancing Man Knives several years ago, and she loves it. Since she has arthritic fingers, the ulu is useful to her, because it cuts with wrist and arm action more than finger pressure.