• Results (6,348)
  • 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.

Knife2516/9 a-b

Bone-handled knife (part a) with long pointed metal blade. Base of bone handle has thick band of inter-woven wires wound around it, top has incised designs. At top and protrusion of handle there are tufts of hair, some dyed red, and longer strands of dark human hair. Blade has darkened to almost black in some areas. Part b is a wooden scabbard with incised designs in upper section, and at bottom. It has 14 dark brown double bands of grass encircling it. There are two woven circular designs made of light and dark coloured grass, among the bands. On the upper part there are 14 rows of light coloured grass wound around and through the wood underneath the incised design. Attached to the back of the scabbard is a thinner scabbard that appears to be made from a seed pod(?) which is lashed onto the scabbard with string and wire. There is a braided grass handle attached at the back of the scabbard, and a tie of cotton printed fabric tied to the handle. The wood of the scabbard has a red stain(?) over most of its surface and there is another longer tuft of hair attached behind the scabbard.

Culture
Iban
Material
wood, pod ?, human hair, cotton fibre, stain ?, metal, pig hair ?, grass ?, steel metal and bone
Made in
Sarawak, Malaysia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ProbeNa1710

Light brown-yellow, white tipped pointed bone tool. The handle's butt has two small black eyes and a mouth carved to look like a seal.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone and soapstone stone ?
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Knife1718/21

A one piece blade with a handle which curves along one side.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Knife1718/20

A one piece carved bone knife with a blade and ribbed oval handle.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Knife1718/19

A one piece blade with handle.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Scoop1718/13

White-yellow coloured bone piece that widens at one end and tapers to a round point on the other. Down the length of the object are eight similar-sized grooved holes in a row. On the top side of the object are two smaller holes and on the underside is a curled edge.

Culture
Inuit
Material
polar bear bone ?
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Hammer ?1718/11

White-yellow bone carved into a handle with a thick, flared, triangular segment on the end. The triangular segment has a large cavity bored into it. The handle has a small, circular hole bored completely through it.

Culture
Inuit
Material
bone
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Model Drying Rack1718/9

A flat curved frame with the netting wrapped around the sides and knotted within to create squares in a mesh network.

Culture
Inuit
Material
sinew and bone
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Harpoon1087/1

Long light grey-brown bone harpoon that tapers to a pointed tip. Wider end is incised at an angle.

Culture
Yahgan
Material
whale bone
Made in
Tierra del Fuego, Chile
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Seal Bone1718/39

White bone with two curving, rounded ends and a protruding, raised ridge along the axis.

Culture
Inuit
Material
seal bone
Made in
Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut, Canada and Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record