• Results (4,575)
  • 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.

Canoe Prow2546/1

Partly painted and partly burnt canoe prow fragment. Made up of two large pieces and one smaller, held together by nails. The outside of the prow is charred black at the burnt end, and is edged with thick vertical white bands toward the front, then a section of light brown wood with sporadic patches of black paint, and ends in a point that is painted pink. The inside is partly charred, and has irregular patches of light brown wood and flaking pink paint.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
wood, paint and metal
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Mask2624/5

Painted wooden mask with yellow face and horizontal black lines along the forehead, chin, cheeks and upper lip. Mask has bulging eyes with black eyelashes, and red lips with several missing teeth. Eyelet and wire on back for hanging.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, metal and paint
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Mask2624/4

Painted wooden mask, yellow in colour. Upper rim of enlarged eyeholes, nostrils and lips are all a deep red colour. Bottom jaw is a separate piece of wood, attached with string. String attached at sides.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
paint and wood
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Mask2624/3

Painted wooden mask, pink in colour, with black around cheeks, chin and forehead. Mouth extends into the grimace with full white teeth and red lips. Eyelet and wire on the back for hanging. Inscription on back.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, metal and paint
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Mask2624/2

Painted black wooden mask with black face and bulbous eyes. Face has a wide grimace with thick red lips, full teeth with elongated insisors which hang down on both sides of the chin.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, metal and paint
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Mask2624/1

Painted wooden mask with flesh-coloured complexion and a furrowed brow. Strips of brown fur are nailed in place for the eyebrows and mustache. Bottom of mask ends at the jaw.

Culture
Sinhalese
Material
wood, metal, paint and animal hair
Made in
Sri Lanka
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Spear2623/56

Long wooden spear with feathers and pronounced block edging between point and shaft of spear. Shaft has a circular barrel and tip is painted, with a long triangular shape with one rounded edge.

Culture
New Guinea
Material
black palm wood, feather and paint
Made in
Sirorata, Oro, Papua New Guinea
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Carving2609/1

Carving made from the root and trunk of a birch tree. A bust of a person with headdress has been attached to the base with a metal peg. The eyes of the figure have been filled in with a white paint and a single black bead. The base has heads of two animals sticking out from the burl. Carving stands on three leg-like protrusions. Two circular and one oblong hole have been carved deeply into the top of the base.

Culture
American ?
Material
birch root, glass, metal, birch wood, adhesive, paint and lacquer
Made in
New England, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Puppet2607/2

Female tuxw'id puppet with cotton-stuffed white cloth body and carved wooden head, hands and feet. Unsewn strips of red fabric are tied around her neck, wrists and ankles. The face is marked by brightly painted red lips, black pupils and thick painted black eyebrows. Coarse black hair extends in tufts from holes covering the top and back of the head. It has been braided and secured with a hair elastic.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, paint and cotton fibre
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Puppet2607/1

Male tuxw'id puppet with cotton-stuffed white cloth body and carved wooden head, hands and feet. Unsewn strips of red fabric are tied around his neck, wrists, and ankles. The face is marked by brightly painted red lips, black pupils and thick black eyebrows. Coarse black hair extends in tufts from holes covering the top and back of the head. It has been braided and secured with a twist tie.

Culture
Kwakwaka'wakw
Material
wood, cotton fibre and paint
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record