• Results (363)
  • 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.

BasketNa707 a-b

Circular birch bark basket with straight, vertical sides and a flat-topped lid. Sweet grass edging on top and bottom of body and outer edge of lid is stitched with black thread. Basket's sides are encircled with an overlapping pattern of white quillwork. Lid features a purple and white bird sitting on a branch in quillwork--red, green, white and purple quills are used.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
birch bark, fibre, sweet grass, porcupine quill and dye
Made in
Ontario, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BasketNa1076

Heart-shaped fibre bundle basket; sides created by bundled sweet grass coiled around in a continuous spiral and held together with a lashing of dark brown thread. Sides flare outward from a birch bark base decorated with a floral design of yellow and purple circles and crosses in quill work, much of which is missing. Coiling interrupted by openwork pattern formed by bundled grass stitched into one zigzag.

Culture
Ojibwa
Material
birch bark, dye, cotton fibre, sweet grass and porcupine quill
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BoxNa702 a-b

Rectangular box with arched end walls, and niche on one side for metal lock. Hinge wire at two places on opposite side. Birch bark, with chevron designs of porcupine quills in yellow-white, brown, and yellow-orange, wrapped around sides. Arched lid of birch bark fits over rim of box. Ends and side of lid are lashed to top with split root. Wire at two points on one side, in centre of other. Chevron designs in quills interwoven in alternating rhomboids and pairs of stripes. Quill design in top; wide longitudinal band of symmetrically arranged triangles and rectangles, dominated by central equilateral diamond enclosing four petalled curvilinear pinwheel. Band flanked by narrower bands of four half-circles each. Designs enhanced with interwoven or overlaid quills. Lid split across top, and across one end. Scoring of bark for design planning seen where quills are missing on box and lid.

Culture
Mi'kmaq
Material
porcupine quill, birch bark, wood, spruce root ?, metal and dye
Made in
New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Pipe BagD2.88

Quill and beadwork on a long hide bag. One beadwork panel on each side of the bag with two stripes each containing pink, red, green, and gold-coloured beads between the two panels. The beadwork panel on one side has a red-, pink-, and green- outlined hour glass shape on a white background that has eight pink triangles within, the upper four of which are bordered by black, gold, and red while the lower four of which are bordered by black and green. The other beadwork panel on the other side has three vertical bands of three pink triangles on a white background. The central line of triangles are bordered by gold, green, and black. The side triangles are cut in half vertically and are bordered by black and green. Above the panels, there are two horizontal lines of orange and purple, and mint green and red quillwork. Both side flaps of the bag have two rounded projections creating a v-shape with white beaded edging. Below, there is a long skin fringe tied around the tops with dark blue, mint green, and red quills.

Culture
Plains
Material
skin, glass, porcupine quill, dye ? and fibre
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
PipeD2.112 a-b

Pipe trimmed with brass tacks, mallard feathers (green), red and yellow hair, red and yellow satin bands, and fur. The decoration is braided porcupine quills, dyed yellow, red and green. T-shaped pipe bowl fitted to end of stem is carved from red stone.

Culture
Plains
Material
catlinite stone, wood, porcupine quill, brass metal, feather and hair
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
PipeD2.114 a-b

Stem decorated with red and green satin plus woven porcupine quills dyed pink, turquoise, yellow and red. T-shaped pipe bowl carved from red stone. Stem not perforated from end to end.

Culture
Plains
Material
wood, catlinite stone, porcupine quill and silk fibre ?
Made in
South Dakota, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BasketD3.8

Small, circular birch bark basket with straight, vertical sides and a flat, fitted lid--basket and lid trimmed with sweet grass. Both lid and basket are covered in white quillwork, with the image of a chicken in the centre of the lid.

Culture
Maliseet ? or Mi'kmaq ?
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, porcupine quill and spruce root
Made in
New Brunswick, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BasketD3.10

Elliptical, brown basket with a flat bottom and flared sides. Base is made from an oval-shaped birch bark panel with a white, green and red tulip-like design of porcupine quills in the centre. Two bands of coiled sweet grass with a single band of zigzagging open work between them comprise the sides; coiled sweet grass sides are all stitched with black thread.

Culture
Eastern Woodlands ?
Material
birch bark, sweet grass, porcupine quill, cotton fibre and dye
Made in
Manitoba, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
OrnamentD2.141

Three strips of hide bound with pressed porcupine quills dyed red, yellow and green. They are knotted together. At one end of one strip is a tin cone with red feather bits in it.

Culture
Plains
Material
skin, porcupine quill, tin metal, feather and dye
Made in
North America
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
QuirtD2.74

Floral beadwork on hand guard in mauve, red, blue, yellow, and green. Wooden handle with brass studs along its six triangular protrusions and leather whip.

Culture
Plains
Material
wood, brass metal, fibre, paper, leather skin, skin, porcupine quill and metal
Made in
Manitoba, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record