• Results (6,668)
  • 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.

OrnamentH2.37

Ornament consisting of a central, light brown disc with dark brown x’s in between vertical and horizontal lines. Tied to the top is a looped string of grey and red seeds. Hanging from the bottom are seven strings of grey and red seeds with a section of bird quill near the ends.

Culture
Shuar ? or Achuar ?
Material
gourd fruit, fibre, bird quill, seed and pigment
Made in
Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ArrowA2171

Arrow consisting of a long cylindrical wooden shaft with one notched end and a metal point at the other, secured with wrapped sinew. The triangular point has three notches at its base, above the long fore-shaft. The point is set into the wooden shaft and strands of sinew are tightly wrapped around the hafted area. The opposite end of the shaft has red pigment, possibly ochre, on it. Three grey and white feathers are hafted to this end with sinew, covering the ends of the quill. The end of the wooden shaft has a notch in it and sinew is wrapped around it.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Kwantlen
Material
pigment, cotton fibre, sinew, feather, iron metal and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ArrowA2172

Arrow consisting of a long cylindrical wooden shaft with one notched end and a copper point at the other, secured with wrapped sinew. The metal point has three notches near its base, above the long fore-shaft. The point is set into a circular depression in the wooden shaft and secured with sinew which is wrapped around the shaft. The shaft has red-coloured pigment at its opposite end. Two strips of a grey and white feather are hafted to the same end of the arrow, also with sinew. The base end of the arrow shaft is damaged and slightly jagged in appearance.

Culture
Coast Salish: Sto:lo: Kwantlen
Material
copper metal, sinew, feather, pigment and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
SpoonA1808

Spoon carved from one piece of dark brown mountain goat horn. The elongated, shallow bowl is carved with two parallel bands of small horizontal incised lines, each band with three peaks on the outside edge. The tapering handle is carved with two slightly abstracted figures with a whitish pigment (?) in the recessed grooves of the carving.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
mountain goat horn and pigment ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ShaperD4.45 a-c

Potter shaper (part a), made of a piece of gourd, is oval, curves upward at ends and is bumpy on concave side. Parts b-c are grey and yellow pigment in bags.

Culture
Hopi
Material
gourd fruit, clay ? and ochre pigment
Made in
Tewa Village, Arizona, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Power BoardA9084

Carved wooden pieces (parts a-b) from a duntsik or power board, used in winter dances; grooved detailing around the edges. The parts were once attached to each other. One piece is now a triangular shape with one side stretching long and tapering to a rounded point; the other piece is rectangular in shape. Both have remnants of red and black colouring and together form a cutout circle.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
cedar wood and pigment
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Power BoardA9083

Carved wooden pieces (parts a-c) from a duntsik or power board, used in winter dances; each piece has grooved detailing around the edges. Part a was once attached to the two other pieces and is now in a slight T-shape with one side stretching long and tapering to a rounded point. Parts b and c are rectangular in shape. All have remnants of red and black colouring.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw ?
Material
cedar wood and pigment
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ArrowA8394

Arrow shaft composed of a long piece of cedar that has a slightly flared notched end, a charred (?) spiral design on the shaft, and the end where the arrow tip would be is wrapped in off-white fibre with charcoal pigment (?) covering most of the fibre. Point is missing.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
cedar wood, fibre and charcoal pigment ?
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Paint DishA16098

Round, granular stone mortar, or dish, with circular depression worked into top. Remains of red-orange pigment in and around the depression.

Culture
Northwest Coast
Material
stone and pigment
Made in
British Columbia, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Soul CatcherA150

Five bone soul catchers strung together on a string, carved with both ends open, and stained with red ochre.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
bone, cedar bark and ochre pigment ?
Made in
Kitselas, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record