• Results (2,587)
  • Search

Item Search

The item search helps you look through the thousands of items on the RRN and find exactly what you’re after. We’ve split the search into two parts, Results, and Search Filters. You’re in the results section right now. You can still perform “Quick searches” from the menu bar, but if you’re new to the RRN, click the Search tab above and use the exploratory search.

View Tutorial

Log In to see more items.

Model Spear ThrowerA2.273 d

Model of a spear thrower or atlatl. Relatively flat triangular-like shape with one end curving into an upward point and the other end being a flat end which has two holes diagonal from each other and a short denticulate serrated edge.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood
Made in
Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
HookA2.303

Fish hook and line. Hook set in piece of bone, attached to a braided sinew line wound on a wooden spool.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone, wood, sinew and copper metal
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
PointA2.302

Long rounded piece, slightly curved, with one end having a metal head point and the other end having been sharpened to a point.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
metal and caribou antler
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
PointA2.301

Cream-coloured , curved section of bone with a point at one end and a tapered, tab-like projection at the other; spine-like ridge runs down the centre.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
bone
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
GogglesA2.298

Curved goggles carved from a single piece of wood, contoured to fit the face. A long, narrow eye slit runs horizontally through the centre of the goggles. A semicircular indentation is carved in the back to accommodate the bridge of the nose. A thin cord is attached on each goggle side.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
fibre and wood
Made in
Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
FloatA2.297

Small, irregularly shaped wooden piece with rounded corners and two point-like protrusions.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
HookA2.296 a-b

Fish hook (b) and lure (a) attached to each other with a short length of sinew.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone, walrus tusk, steel metal and sinew
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ArrowA2.553

Wrapped nock with fletching attached at ends, not middle. Caribou antler fore-shaft with triangular steel arrowhead.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
steel metal, caribou antler, sinew, feather and wood
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ArrowA2.552

One dull barb on fore-shaft with triangular point. Plain shaft in two parts with wrapped nock and two feathers.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
feather, steel metal ?, caribou antler, sinew and wood
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ArrowA2.551

Wrapped nock and two feathers. Caribou antler fore-shaft with one barb and triangular shaped steel point.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
wood, sinew, steel metal, caribou antler and feather
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record