Large Beaded Ulu Earrings

These cool-tone beaded earrings take their design from the ulu, a tool traditionally used by Inuit women as an all-purpose knife. The tool is utilized in applications as diverse as skinning and cleaning animals, cutting a child's hair, cutting food and, if necessary, trimming blocks of snow and ice used to build igloos.

Blue, white, copper, and silver beads
Approx. 4 x 4 cm
Registration no. C3-18014

Mary Qitsualuk is an Inuk artist from Ivujivik, Nunavik, Quebec known for her beaded earrings.