• Results (20,212)
  • 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.

Totem PoleA2533

Totem pole with figures from top: bear holding a frog; creature with ears and human hands; eagle; raven with two frogs emerging from its mouth, one on either side across raven's wings; chief wearing a hat and with three coppers around his torso, his arms and hands at sides. Colours are green, black, red and white.

Culture
Haida
Material
paint and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Raven RattleA2467

Shaped as a raven, holding a red disc in his beak. Handle projects from the tail and is formed of two pieces of wood bound together with plant fibre cord. On the raven's back are carved a reclining otter ? with a kingfisher against his knees and a frog on his stomach, with which he is exchanging tongues. Otter faces toward the handle.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
paint, plant fibre and wood
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Rod PuppetIb386 a-c

Three-dimensional male humanoid figure (part a) with large head (part b) and jointed arms attached to controlling rods. There is a single controlling rod that is tapered and pointed (part c). Light green face is positioned straight ahead and there are red lips and exposed teeth. Eyes, hair, moustache, and beard are in black. Straight pointed nose. Gold neck and torso. Headdress with red flower at forehead. Double sumping in gold and grey, red trim. Wide lungsen (and suri) in gold with green trim. Keling headdress with reverse hair curl with green at rear. Each arm has red and green ornaments at wrist and bicep; hands held flat and bent back at wrist. Black chest covering and apron with red waist band: decorated with wavy brown trim and green and red sequins. Yellow fringe at apron bottom. Lower torso covered by batik skirt (blue, dark brown on beige)

Culture
Sundanese
Material
fibre, paint, cotton fibre and wood
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Rod PuppetIb385 a-c

Three-dimensional male humanoid figure (part a); large head (part b) and jointed arms attached to controlling rods. Single controlling rod with a tapered point (part c). Discoloured pink face positioned downwards; very straight pointed nose, exposed white teeth. Moustache, hair, facial details and eyes outlined in black. Large headdress with gold diadem dominated by backwards-facing green, grey and red Garuda Mungkur with siyung jawi, red and gold sumping (sekar kluwih). Long black hair in six curls. Gold neck and upper body with slight discolouration; each arm has two gold and red ornaments at bicep and wrist. Hands held flat and bent back at wrist. Badly discoloured red chest covering and apron with brown wavy trim, cross shaped patterns on each in sequins and beads. Apron has discoloured red waist band and yellow fringe at bottom. Large beige batik skirt, with blue and purple.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
cotton fibre, paint, fibre and wood
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BowNa992

Cable-backed bow made from wood and other materials. There are 2 places where thin pieces of bone have been attached to either side of the wood with copper pins, one has sealskin sewn over the top of the bone, and the other has sinew lashed over it. There are knobs on either end of the bow, around which 8 braided sinew cords are strung. The cords are lashed onto the wood in 2 places, and they are twisted and wound with sealskin in the middle section. (Bow string no longer attached.)

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, sinew, seal skin, bone and copper metal
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ArrowNa991

The triangular copper arrow point is inserted in a bone shaft and held in place by three copper pins with a wedge of slightly different material that has been added on. The bone shaft is inserted in the wooden one and lashed on with sinew. About 5cm. above this, a v-shaped cut has been made through the shaft and a glue-like substance used to hold it together. There is another cut about 30cm. above it which is held together with sinew lashed around it. The end is notched and there is sinew wrapped around it.

Culture
Inuit
Material
wood, bone, copper metal and sinew
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
DaggerCb92 a-b

Knife (a) and sheath (b). The knife has a long metal blade, tapering from handle to rounded tip, and sharpened on both sides. The tapering wooden handle, which tapers towards the base and widens to a half-circle at the butt end, has a stamped metal ferrule. The handle is wrapped with cord and covered in stitched leather. The sheath is made of wood wrapped with leather that is incised with lines and dyed with black to form bands on the lower sections. The sheath has four raised horizontal areas near the top as well as a thong for a belt loop.

Culture
Hausa
Material
leather skin, iron metal, wood and dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
DaggerCb91 a-b

Knife (a) and sheath (b). The knife's metal blade tapers from the grip to a slightly bent, rounded tip and is sharpened on both edges. Incised lengthwise on both sides with wavy pattern. On one side the pattern is crossed, and on the other it is flanked by two curves. The handle has a stamped metal ferrule and the handle is wrapped with leather cord and leather sewn over wood. The sheath is made of wood wrapped with leather and the leather is incised with bands of pattern alternating with bands of lines as well as zigzag lines. Sections of the sheath are dyed black.

Culture
Hausa
Material
iron metal, wood, leather skin and dye
Made in
Nigeria
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Rod PuppetIb415 a-c

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet: large head (part b) fits into body with skirt (part a), and a control rod (part c) with a long shaft that passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached. Cream coloured face with straight, pointed nose. White eyes with black pupils, closed red lips. Black hair, moustache, facial details. Large black upswept curl (gelung supit urang) with green and red Garuda Mungkur (short tongue). Gold, green, red and white diadem, lungsen, and dawala. Single gold siyung jawi. Long black hair in six curls. Gold neck and body; each arm has two green, white, and red ornaments at wrist and bicep. Hands held flat and bent back at wrist. Long purple chest covering and apron with white wavy trim, wrapped wire and sequin patterns. Apron has black waistband and long yellow fringe at bottom. Long, off-white batik skirt with brown and lavender decorations.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, cotton fibre, fibre and paint
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Rod PuppetIb414 a-c

Three-dimensional male humanoid puppet (Arjuna, Pandhawa Prince character): large head (part b) fits into body with skirt (part a), and a control rod (part c) with a long shaft that passes through the body and fits into the neck of the figure's head. The body has jointed arms, each with a long controlling rod attached. White face with delicate features positioned downwards. Straight pointed nose, long but slight eyes outlined in black, closed red lips. Facial details, hair, eyebrows in black. Ornate upswept curl (gelung supit urang) headdress in black, gold, red, and green. Small bird representation at forehead (a form of Garuda Mungkur). Detailed sumping, lungsen. Gold neck and torso; hands held flat and bent back at wrist. No arm ornaments. Purple chest covering and apron with white wavy trim, with sequins and beads and twisted wire decoration. Apron has wide black waistband and long yellow fringe at bottom. Long batik skirt, beige with red, blue, and lavender.

Culture
Sundanese
Material
wood, cotton fibre, fibre and paint
Made in
Java, Indonesia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record