#uluit

[inuklessons]

What Is An Ulu?

Script: ᐅᓗ ; Plural: Uluit, ᐅᓗᐃᑦ

"an ulu is a cultural knife that can be found in many arctic native communities: more specifically the inuit, aleut, yupik, and iñupiat"

What does 'ulu' mean?

'Ulu' is derived from the language Inuktitut, located and based from the Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut, Canada. Ulu means "woman's knife" in Inuktitut.

The Reasoning Behind Such Name...

The name, meaning "woman's knife", obviously shows the reasoning. Uluit are used by Inuit, Iñupiat, Yupik, and Aleut women exclusively due to cultural reasonings. Uluit are passed down generationally, from woman to woman. Grandmother to granddaughter, sometimes auntie to niece.

Uses of the Ulu

The ulu has several different uses, infamous ones include: food prep, skinning, snow trimming.

An ulu is also used for hair cutting and sewing.

Significance, Cultural Value

The ulu is a huge part of Arctic Native culture, especially for women. To be gifted an ulu from an older inuk woman, it's considered an honour.

What do uluit look like?

^ traditional uluit

Stances on Ben owning Uluit

Based off of his unboxing videos where he says he owns several uluit, and even states he uses them as props—I as an Inuk am completely fine with it. As I can safely assume he has been gifted them by other Inuit.

Since he doesn't actually use them, it's not really bad. And with him using the correct plural term (Uluit), I give him kudos—as he must be aware of the cultural significance behind them as it even takes a small Google search to find out what it means.

Thank you for giving me your time, ᑕᕝᕙᐅᕗᓯ! (Tavvauvusi!)

[aquitainequeen]

Visited the British Museum yesterday. What a surprise, the section on Inuit culture was minuscule, but there were some fascinating bits about seal gut parkas, hunting techniques and spears, knives and treatment of animals.

All those who are watching/will watch/reading/will read The Terror, pay attention to that last picture. There might be a quiz.

[inuitartportal]

Working on blogpost on the Ulu! http://inuitartportal.com #ulu #uluit #inuitart #knives https://www.instagram.com/inuitartportal/p/BtNcCdEn0W8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=170day5vzf8kl