• Results (72)
  • 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.

BookN2.1246 a

Book of poems by various authors entitled "Sword and Blossom Poems from the Japanese". Contents include the following: Blossom Songs - Snow, Astray, Waking and Sleeping, Wasted Spring, On the Heights, A Message, The Lotus, Miserere, Maple Leaves, Foam Flowers. Sword Songs - Waiting, Hearts and Swords, A Death Reverie, The Old Examiner. The poems area accompanied by polychromatic illustrations.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BookN2.1006 a

One of two books of a treatise on calligraphy, from ancient pictographs to the contemporary styles used today. It has three sections of calligraphy on the front, two of which are black, and the other of which is outlined with red on a loose white piece of paper.

Culture
Japanese
Material
paper
Made in
Japan
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BookM4.11

Miniature paper booklet of the Qur'an. Octagonal shape with a black cover. Each page has a white border with a thin black line surrounding the print.

Culture
Turkish ?
Material
paper, fibre and ink
Made in
Asia
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BookM4.17 a-c

Koran and case (parts a-c). The small Koran (part a) consists of tiny handwriting on paper bounded together and covered in a red cloth that once held decoration. The metal case (part b-c) that holds the book is rectangular with a crosshatched border and alternating diagonal stripes (plain and floral). There are two loops on side for stringing. Part c is a rectangular lid that slides into the opening of part b.

Culture
Egyptian ?
Material
silver metal, paper and fibre
Made in
Egypt ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Book2681/1

Soft cover book filled with hand-written Chinese script in black ink. Each page has columns designated by vertical red lines,with dark maroon circles interspersed throughout the writing.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper and ink
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
W'iigyet's Journey2573/1 a-b

A book (part a) and a feather (part b). The book (part a) has a brown cover and a title of 'W'iigyet's Journey' in black on the front. The pages are white with black lettering and artwork in red and black. A few pages have 'pop-up' artwork. Sections include the following: 'Introduction', 'W'ii Gyet's First Home', 'Feast of the Sun for The Creatures of the Forest', and 'Acknowledgements'. The book is signed and dated on the last page: 'Limited Edition of 10 / W'ii Gyet's Journey / August 2002 / Author / Artist Doreen Jensen / Collaborator / Paper Engineer cindy chan piper / Date December 2002 Edition No. 10'. The dark grey feather (part b) is attached to a twisted cedar bark cord and acts as a bookmark.

Culture
Gitxsan
Material
paper, cedar bark, feather, cotton fibre, plant fibre, synthetic fibre, wood, adhesive, leather skin and ink
Made in
Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Picture Book1650/2

Picture book composed of nine leaves of paper bound together with two strips of paper that have been threaded through holes in the paper leaves and wound together. Seven of the pieces of paper have a silk painting on each side depicting a scene from a story, and the remaining two pieces of paper serve as the covers for the book.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper, paint and silk fibre
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BookN1.553

Illustrated book with twenty-three paintings in polychrome. The painting is on the right page and a short poem on the left. The book opens up accordion-style, with the paintings and poems on one side; the other side is blank. The illustrations in sequence are: two people standing beside a shrine in a house with three people kneeling on a mat while two more are bowing on the grass; two people in a grain house being passed a container of grain being carried by two others while another person is carrying a container of grain on the back outside the gate with another carrying two buckets of grain on a pole across the shoulders; two people sifting grain with another person shoveling grain, and four others in the background; two people sifting grain with another person sweeping grain, another person carrying grain on the back, a mother with her child in a house, and a boy with chickens outside; one person pounding(?) grain outside, one person talking inside a building to another leaning over a gate-like wall, two people carrying a container of grain, and two people farming in the upper corner; a person tending to a child on wall, two people sifting grain, one person putting grain into a container that has a yoke-like contraption being operated by three people with two more people in the background; four people holding two-pronged sticks over a pile of grain while another pours a drink for them; four people stacking bundled grain; ten people helping to harvest grain; three people working in a back field while another is opening a water sluice in the fore field; four people working in a field while another looks on; four people working on a back field while two others are carrying food, and drinks for them with a child following behind; four people working in a fore field while two are opening a water sluice for them, and another is riding toward them on the back of an animal; four people working in a back field while another joins four others in a fore field; five people gathering grasses in a lower corner while another is stepping into the water behind them with three more having a basket and carrying trays of grasses in them; one man carrying two buckets on a pole over his shoulders while another man is trying to fix his; a woman fishing a pail out of the water, and two men with a boy holding a bird; two men sowing seeds in a watery field, and a boy holding a bucket on his shoulders with a dog; a man cultivating a field with an ox-like animal; a man cultivating a field with an ox-like animal while another is watching from the back of a similar animal; a man cultivating a field with an ox-like animal; a man cultivating a field with an ox-like animal while another man holding a stick is watching; and two people putting sacks into a watery field while a man is watching with a woman, and two children behind him. There are four pages of calligraphy at the back.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
BookN1.554

Illustrated book with twenty-three paintings in polychrome. The painting is on the right page and a short poem on the left. The book opens up accordion-style, with the paintings and poems on one side; the other side is blank. The illustrations, in sequence, are: three people working on fabric at a table with another carrying toe rolls of fabric with two women watching; three women working on fabric in a house with two more outside holding three rolls of fabric; two women working at a loom with one woman bringing them tea while she is holding the hand of child being helped by an elderly woman; one woman spinning thread with two more outside holding some; four people praying at a shrine with a child while one woman is coming to bring tea; two people dyeing yarn, and two people hanging the yarn up outside; two women spinning thread inside with a child, and one woman outside with a child; one woman working on thread in a vat while another is holding the silk sacs in a basket, a child, and another child with a woman talking to two others over a wall; two adults, and two children sorting silk sacs; two men sorting silk sacs inside while two more are watching, and a man holding a hoe over the shoulder with a child; three buildings in which people have silk sacs in large containers; six people in, and around a building with silk sacs attached to two bundles of long grasses; an elderly man watching a younger man working on two green bushy bundles while two men are holding a large flat rectangular object with two more people in the background; two women in a building with large flat rectangular objects, a woman tending to a child in another building where there is also another woman holding a flat circular object as she is talking to a man fanning a fire outside; three women sorting silk sacs while two more are carrying baskets with a child; three women in a building on one side, and a man with a woman in a building on the other side; one woman working at a loom while two more are watching; three women working at a threading contraption with two children underneath; two groups of people sorting silk sacs; one woman lying down while two more are talking next to a five-tiered silk sac sorter; people in a field gathering leaves from trees; three women with two children sorting silk sacs; and three women around a container with another bringing tea.

Culture
Chinese
Material
paper and paint
Made in
China
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Exercise Book537/19 a

Student's exercise notebook filled with lined paper; bound with two staples along the spine. Printed on the cover in black ink: "Dominion of Canada Maple Leaf C Note Book," with a large maple leaf in the centre. Spaces at the bottom on the cover for name, address, and school are filled in with "Stoney Indian Drawings / Morley, Alberta." Inscription at the top of the cover reads "Jean Telfer / Class 4." On the back cover is printed a multiplication table and illustrated bilingual warnings for children to stay away from electrical poles and lines. The notebook is empty.

Culture
Stoney
Material
paper, ink and metal
Made in
Morley, Alberta, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record