Description
Jens Tage Hansen, a bone and silver ‘Ulu‘ pendant, Denmark, circa 2000, stamped ‘JTH‘ for Jens Tage Hansen and ‘925S’, the carved and shaped bone handle 2.2 cm across, the pendant 3.5 cm long overall and 3 cm wide, on a silver chain 46 cm long, all dimensions are approximate (Ref S+2214) SOLD
An ulu is an all-purpose knife traditionally used by Inuit, Iñupiat, Yupik, and Aleut women and is sometimes referred to as a ‘woman’s knife’. It is used in applications as diverse as skinning and cleaning animals, cutting a child’s hair, cutting food, and trimming blocks of ice and snow to build igloos.
