• Results (619)
  • 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.

Set Of Carved Wooden Gambling-SticksE75423-0
Black Horn Spoon, CarvedE60137-0

FROM CARD: "60136-40. [From 19th or early 20th century exhibit] LABEL: "HORN SPOONS. BOWLS, MADE FROM THE HORN OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SHEEP. IN SOME EXAMPLES THE HANDLES ARE MADE FROM THE HORN OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOAT. IN SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA, IN CANADA, AND THROUGHOUT THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE HORN OF THE MOUNTAIN SHEEP IS USED IN MAKING DOMESTIC UTENSILS. THE HORN OF THE GOAT ALSO LENDS ITSELF TO THE CARVER'S ART, AND BY THE TLINGIT INDIANS IS CARVED AND ENGRAVED TO REPRESENT TOTEMIC IDEAS."

Culture
Tlingit and Hutsnuwu
Made in
Angoon, Admiralty Island, Alaska, USA ?; Kootznahoo, Alaska, USA ? or Killisnoo, Killisnoo Island, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
View Item Record
Wooden Bowl Or Dish OrnamentedE67933-0

Provenience note: Anthropology catalogue ledger book lists a locality of Alaska for E67931 - 68019. Catalogue cards list a locality of Sitka. Alaska. It is unclear which is correct, though it is probable that the collection was purchased in Sitka.

Made in
Sitka, Baranof Island, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
View Item Record
Snuff TubeE67869-0

FROM CARD: "67867-70. 3 SNUFF TUBES FOUND. INVENTORIED 1979."

Made in
Chilkat, Alaska, USA ? or Kluckwan, Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
View Item Record
Wooden DishE60172-0
Snuff Mortar, WoodE74256-0
Knife, SheathedE74267-0
Piece Of Greenstone, Highly PolishedE60132-0

FROM CARD: "PEOPLE: **CHILKAT-SITKA? REMARKS: *COMPARE TO 'SLAVE KILLER' #67826 AS A CLUB HEAD FRAGMENT. **9/30/66: THIS SPECIMEN DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE LISTED ON THE ORIGINAL MCLEAN INVENTORY (NOV. 9, 1881) THAT PROVIDES SPECIFIC PROVENIENCE FOR EACH ITEM. GEP."

Culture
Tlingit, Chilkat ? and Sitka ?
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
View Item Record
Pipe, WoodE74270-0