• Results (3,346)
  • 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.

MoccasinsA2.85 a-b

Pair of beaded moccasins. Floral design in red, green, yellow, blue, white and mauve beads. Buckskin thongs at ankles; high tops.

Culture
Arctic America ?
Material
skin and glass
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
MoccasinsA2.81 a-b

Pair of heavily beaded moccasins. Floral design in green, yellow, blue, red and black beads on white beaded background; red fabric edge binding.

Culture
Arctic America ?
Material
skin, cotton fibre and glass
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BeadsA17182

Faceted blue glass trade beads strung in a circle.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
glass and fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Stringed Musical InstrumentK4.265

Lyre-like instrument. Wood bowl sound chamber covered with snake or lizard skin. Triangular wood frame of two sticks flaring outward from the sound chamber with another stick across to connect them and across which, there are three strings are wound around along with goat hair and strings of multi-coloured beads. (Something loose is inside the sound chamber.)

Culture
East African
Material
goat skin, goat hair, metal ?, glass, snake skin and wood
Made in
Tanzania
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BottleK4.169

Bulbous container with white beads attached around the neck. Hide is hardened and in the form of a textured gourd.

Culture
Nguni ?
Material
rawhide skin, glass and clay ?
Made in
South Africa ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BasketryA8494

Swamp grass covered glass vase. Base: checker work and plain twined weave. Sides: wrapped twined weave with crossed warp openwork wicker weave. Two floral bands (quite faded) of green foliage with red flowers.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, aniline dye, glass and swamp grass
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BasketryA8493

Flaring, clear glass vase with a bulbous base entirely covered with a woven swamp grass sleeve. Base: checker work and plain twined weave. Sides: wrapped twined weave with crossed warp openwork, wider weave. Two floral bands with green foliage pattern (in arrow design) and red flower, with other triangular bands in yellow and purple at top and bottom.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
cedar bark, swamp grass, glass and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BasketryA8492

Swamp grass-covered glass vase. Base: checker work and plain twined weave. Sides: wrapped twined weave with crossed warp openwork wicker weave. Two floral bands with red and purple flowers and green leaves in between openwork bands top and bottom.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
aniline dye, glass, swamp grass and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BasketryA8491

Swamp grass covered glass vase. Sides: wrapped twined weaving and crossed-warp plaited openwork. Base: plain twined weaving with checker work weave in center. Two floral bands between the three openwork sections.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
glass, cedar bark, swamp grass and aniline dye
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
GarmentA2.44

Vest covered with floral beadwork. The basis of the garment is a trade tweed vest (man's); the front has been covered with black wool fabric, trimmed with blue fabric, embroidered with beads in floral designs and trimmed with small brass buttons; the garment was lined with blue cotton at some later stage and there are no armholes in this lining; also, the armholes in the vest were partially sewn closed.

Culture
Dene-thah
Material
wool fibre, brass metal, glass, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record