• Results (781)
  • 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.

ShieldK5.131 a-b

Shield cut in an oval shape from black and white cowhide with two strips of cowhide woven through a series of slits cut in the skin. A wooden stick with wooly top has been inserted through several strips of hide at the back of the shield.

Culture
Zulu
Material
cow skin, fibre, skin and wood
Made in
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Walking StickK5.130

Cylindrical walking stick covered in beadwork. The rounded top of the stick is covered with a white net pattern, and the shaft is covered with solid beadwork nearly to the end with a geometric pattern in black, green, red, blue and yellow on a white ground.

Culture
Zulu
Material
glass, wood and fibre
Made in
Durban, Natal, South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
SpearK5.124

Spear with metal spearhead that has curved sides, a pointed tip, a centre ridge, and a short cylindrical shaft. The spearhead is attached to a wooden shaft with a piece of skin that has been secured with a sewn seam and several pieces of twine. The butt end of the wooden shaft flares slightly.

Culture
Zulu
Material
iron metal, skin and wood
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ArrowK5.122

Arrow with a tapering point shaped from dark brown hardwood that has been inserted into a long reed shaft.

Culture
Zulu
Material
pigment, wood and reed grass
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ArrowK5.121

Arrow with a tapering point shaped from dark brown hardwood that has been inserted into a long reed shaft. Woven grass ? ring secures point at top of shaft.

Culture
Zulu
Material
reed grass, pigment, wood and grass ?
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ArrowK5.120

Arrow with a tapering point shaped from dark brown hardwood that has been inserted into a long reed shaft.

Culture
Zulu
Material
wood, pigment, reed grass and grass ?
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ArrowK5.118

Arrow shaft made of a long piece of blackened reed. Grass is wrapped around the top of the shaft, presumably to aid in securing the arrow tip, which is missing.

Culture
Zulu
Material
grass ?, pigment and reed grass
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ArrowK5.117

Arrow with a tapering point shaped from dark brown hardwood that has been inserted into a long reed shaft. Six barbs at tip of point, and a piece of light brown string has been tied to the shaft.

Culture
Zulu
Material
pigment, wood, reed grass and fibre
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ArrowK5.116

Arrow with a tapering point shaped from dark brown hardwood that has been inserted into a long reed shaft. Woven grass ? ring secures point at top of shaft. A piece of light brown string is tied around the shaft, and there is a notch in the reed roughly one quarter of the way from the top of the shaft.

Culture
Zulu
Material
grass ?, reed grass, wood and pigment
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
ArrowK5.114

Arrow with a tapering point shaped from dark brown hardwood that has two barbs near the tip and has been inserted into a long reed shaft. Woven grass ? ring secures point at top of shaft.

Culture
Zulu
Material
pigment, wood, reed grass and grass ?
Made in
South Africa
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record