• Results (259)
  • 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.

Stool2704/6

Wooden stool made of three figures. The circular seat rests upon the tall hats of the figures, who sit upon a circular middle piece with their feet upon a ringed base. The three circular pieces are coloured dark brown, as are the hats and features of the figures.

Culture
West African
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Mask2704/5

Black mask with horns. The mask has a round forehead with gold bar, red flap ears, wide cheeks and white eyes with open corners. Under the eyes are yellow half circles with red and white dots. The lower jaw is movable but secured with leather ties, splitting through the large red lips. The interior is unpainted.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, paint and leather skin
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Mask2704/3 a-d

Yellow wooden mask with a man's face and bird's beak (part a). The man's face has features painted in black on yellow ground. On the side of the head are red curls. From the bottom extends a long curved beak with line, dot and circle motifs in red, white, and black. Attached upon the mask by metal rods are small wooden birds (part b-c). The birds are painted with black and red dots. Attached to the centre of the mask by a metal rod is a red human figure (part d). The figure wears a black hat and clothes. The long arms are movable.

Culture
West African
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Mask2704/2

Wooden mask painted black. Animal has a round head and long snout with white teeth, red gums and pink protruding tongue. The eyes are painted on in black and white, rimmed in red. The carved ears loop around into a point, painted red. The under side of base is unpainted and carved out.

Culture
West African
Material
wood and paint
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
PotK2.451

Black pot with incised geometric motifs. Mushroom-cap-like top with a hole in the middle and four more smaller holes, two at either side, with two pairs of incised downward pointing triangles that have dots at their corners in between. Upper flat portion of the pot that forms the base for the mushroom-cap-like top has an incised sunburst-like design. Two spouts like upraised arms at either side of the pot. In between these arms, on either side, there is a pair of downward pointing triangles with a vertical row of dots below and an upward pointing, triangular formation of dots inbetween with a pair of smaller dots in a vertical row below that have an x form in between.

Culture
West African
Material
clay
Made in
Accra, Ghana
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ContainerK2.335 a-b

Very plain, round, yellow calabash fruit cut in two before drying to create a bowl (part a) with a lid (part b). Both rims are brown. From the rim, on one side of the bowl (part a), there is a triple incised downward pointing triangle. From the rim, on one side of the lid (part b), there are three upward pointing triangles.

Culture
West African
Material
calabash fruit
Made in
Bouake, Cote d'Ivoire
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Purse1060/41

Brown leather purse with red, yellow and black designs, flaps and tassels. The body of the purse is brown with black trim around the edges. There are two red flaps, one on the front and back. On the flap is a black diamond surrounded by swirls beneath a yellow diamond patterned band. The flap is closed with a large woven brown button. Underneath the flap is a black diamond with curled ends surrounded by four red hearts. The designs on and under the flap are the same on both sides. Hanging from the beneath the flaps is a brown leather tassel. The handle of the purse is a dark brown cord threaded through brown loops attached to the body of the purse and secured by black and red woven buttons on the ends. Hanging down the sides of the purse, beneath the brown loops, are long and short decorated leather strips and a long fringe.

Culture
West African
Material
skin and paint
Made in
“Gambia” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Purse1060/27

Brown leather purse with red and black designs, flaps and tassels. The body of the purse is black with red trim around the edges. There are two brown flaps, one on the front and back. On the flap is a black diamond with curled ends surrounded by four red hearts. Around the flap is a red checked border. The designs on the flap are the same on both sides. The flaps are closed with a large brown and white button. Hanging from the beneath the flaps is a brown leather tassel. The handle of the purse is a dark brown cord threaded through brown loops attached to the body of the purse and secured by brown and white buttons on the ends. Hanging down the sides of the purse, beneath the brown loops, are long and short decorated leather strips and a long fringe.

Culture
West African
Material
dye and leather skin
Made in
“Gambia” ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Blouse1506/4

White, sleeveless shirt with brown embroidery and wide bottom hem. The shirt is made with a tightly pleated upper portion and a looser pleated lower portion, creating the wide bottom hem. The shirt has a brown, linear embroidered neck hole. There are two belly pockets with embroidered access slits. Surrounding the slits are nine embroidered squares with interlocking rings. There is black and white diagonal striped lining around the inside edges of the hem and sleeves. On the back there is a large embroidered square with interlocking rings and trailing ribbons.

Culture
West African
Material
cotton fibre and silk fibre ?
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
AxeK2.415 a-c

Three (parts a-c) plain, orange-grey stones. The first piece (part a) has an oblong rectangular shape with both sides rounded but flatter at the tops and bottoms while one end on both sides tapers at an angle, creating a flat, triangular-shaped edge which is more flared than the other more rounded end. The second piece (part b) has a thinner, oblong rectangular shape with both sides rounded while one end on both sides tapers at an angle, creating a flat, triangular-shaped edge which is more flared than the other blunter end. The third piece (part c) has a wider, oblong rectangular shape that is convexely curved on one side while the other side tapers at an angle, creating a flat, triangular-shaped edge which is more flared than the other end.

Culture
West African
Material
stone
Made in
West Africa, Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record