• Results (1,536)
  • 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.

Basket1924.674

Small carrying basket with designs in purple, orange, yellow and black. Basket has a plaited handle made from yellow and purple grass.; Good

Culture
Makah
Material
bark, cedar wood and grass
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
View Item Record
Pouch1924.678

Cedar bark basketry folding pouch, with band of darker weave running round edge of flap.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
bark and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
View Item Record
Basket1978.3

Small oval basket with lid that has a dotted design in grass around the lid and sides. The background is cream with blue-green bands and purple dots. The base shows the cedar bark and a rim of cedar bark strengthens the lip of the basket.; Good

Culture
Makah ? or Nuu-chah-nulth ?
Material
bark, cedar wood and grass
Made in
Washington, USA and British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
View Item Record
Basket1924.760

Old cedar bark basket that has been folded, and possibly painted at one time. Its shape is more pouch-like than a round basket.; Good

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
bark and cedar wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
View Item Record
Basket1924.673

Finely woven circular basket with lid. The weave uses cedar bark and grass, in the technique known as wrapped twining. The decoration consists of circular bands in dark brown, red, yellow and cream. The rim of the basket is strengthened with a band of cedar bark, the base is more coarsely woven than the sides of the basket.; Good

Culture
Makah
Material
bark, cedar wood and grass
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
View Item Record
BasketE 1898.40 E

Five tightly woven burden baskets, of different sizes, with undulating rims woven with holes, and decorated with dark brown, red, yellow and cream imbricated designs. A) Medium sized with three V-shaped lined designs that have pale central section. B) Medium sized basket with three V- shaped designs descending from rim, with light central section, edged by reddish brown line, yellow line and bordered with dark brown stepped edge.C) Small sized basket with single and double diamond pattern descending from rim. Diamonds are alternately red and black with checkered appearance, the background is cream. D) Medium sized basket with banded V-shaped designs in yellow and dark brown, interspaced by elliptical designs edged with dark brown, yellow inside with a red centre. E) Large burden basket with joined V-shaped stripped design edged with red and dark brown stepped design. In the centre of the downward pointing V' s are small stripped yellow and black triangles. In the centre of the upward pointing V' s are dark brown, yellow and red diamonds. The overall background imbrication is cream, while the stripes are yellow. There are no leather thongs present on any of the baskets, which would have been used for carrying .; Good

Culture
Klickitat
Material
root, cedar wood, bark, cherry and grass
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
View Item Record
Mask1924.758

The catalogue card contains information presumably acquired by McIlwraith at the time of collection in Bella Coola. Painted wooden mask with dyed bark hair (red) representing a combination of eagle, the hooked beak and ravens. The mask has two raven heads on the temples and their beaks stretch across the forehead to a bundle of cedar bark. The eyebrows are thin and taper almost to the jawline. The eyes are pierced and the nose very prominently hooked, painted blue and has flared red nostrils. The mouth is closed and painted red, but is accentuated by a white border. The chin is large and painted, together with the cheeks, with green, red and white U-forms.; Good

Culture
Nuxalk
Material
wood, bark, cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
View Item Record
HeaddressZ 34978

A bent and tied cedar head ring with cedar bark wrapped and knotted around it and two salmon carved from flat slats of cedar secured to the top. The salmon have small cross-hatched fins, gill slits eyes and mouths, they are also painted black along the upper edge. The cedar bark wrapping is very loose and fragile.; Good

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
wood, bark, cedar wood and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
View Item Record
HookZ 34970

A very curled halibut hook made from hemlock wood with a bone point lashed to the upper arm with bark.; Good

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
wood, hemlock wood ? and bark
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
View Item Record
Hook1949.219 B

Two V-shaped trolling fish hooks with flexible whalebone snoods or shafts, and bone points lashed on with cherry bark.; Good

Culture
Chinook
Material
wood, bark and bone
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MAA: University of Cambridge
View Item Record