• Results (546)
  • 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.

BasketA4069

Plain twined weaving with three-strand braided edge and false embroidery. Ten panels of false embroidered swamp grass with one row of swamp grass around entire circumference bisecting the cup.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
swamp grass and spruce root
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BasketA5037

Upward flaring, rounded, cylindrical basket decorated with a light yellow-brown vertical zigzag pattern on a brown background. Rim is looped.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quinault
Material
nettle fibre and grass
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BasketA5134 a-b

Woven basket with lid. Base - mixed twined work (plain twining alternating with wicker weave). Sides - plain twined with embroidered and false embroidered design. Multi-coloured shapes (green, orange, red, yellow, maroon) around central part of basket and around edge of lid, bordered by dark brown and connected with upper and lower strips of light brown. Central portion of lid has a stepped design and a circle of orange.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
grass, aniline dye and spruce root
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BasketA5220

Twined, rounded basket with twisted loops on the rim. False embroidery. Design consists of vertical zigzags imposed on vertical stripes.

Culture
Coast Salish: Quinault
Material
nettle fibre and dye
Made in
Washington, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BasketA7509

Roughly cylindrical, light brown woven basket (a) with lid (b). Base: four rows of plaiting. Sides and lid: plain twined work with cedar root beading and embroidery. Two upper and two lower rows of beading in cedar root. Discrete sections (nine rows) of cedar root wrapped around twining; each section is separated by five vertical rows. Lid has same design. Handles on the lid are braided with an odd number of strands so as to form two solid, rounded handles which cross over each other.

Culture
Tsimshian
Material
cedar bark and root
Made in
British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Basketry CupA2.627

Basketry cup. Plain twined work. Fully false embroidered stepped design (called shaman's hat design) in red and yellow on a natural grass ground. Coated with laquer inside.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, aniline dye, swamp grass and lacquer
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BasketNb22.81 a-b

Woven basket with base and lid. Base - mixed twined weaving: sides - plain twined work with mixed twined work border; lid - plain twined with rattle section: design is false embroidered. Sides - two bands of a "meander" pattern in purple on brown bordered with red. Lid - similar pattern; false embroidery on lid is green; lid has raised centre that rattles.

Culture
Tlingit
Material
spruce root, aniline dye and swamp grass
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BasketA8197

Small oval-shaped basket (a) with flat, fitted lid (b). Base: plain twined or wicker weave over thick warp elements with unusual crossed-weave in center. Sides and lid: wrapped twined weave with overlay in center of lid. Sides: two groups of horizontal bands with six zed-shaped figures in center. Lid: central oval with small figures around it. Colours: yellow, green, purple, tan.

Culture
Nuu-chah-nulth
Material
swamp grass, aniline dye and cedar bark
Made in
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BasketD1.247

A woven basket which tapers upward. Centre of base is three-strand braided (twenty-three rows). The rest of the base and the basket is plain twined work. The design is false embroidered in bracken. The border is bound with suede and overlaid with a wide band of red and black trade beads. Stepped design with chevron in centre in bear grass and bracken. The base is a darker colour. Border of two wide bands (Nine beads each of red, then blue beads)

Culture
Pomo
Material
bear grass, bracken fern root and glass
Made in
Pitt River, California, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BasketNa1681 a-b

Coiled basket and lid with watch-spring base and lid construction. Button handle and flange on lid. Decoration is sewn on and consists of pieces of wool sewn on in tufts. Near the base is one horizontal row of red thread bordered by purple thread.

Culture
Yup'ik
Material
wool fibre, fibre and rye grass
Made in
Nushagak, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record