• Results (99)
  • 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.

Backstrap LoomE368 a-f

Loom (part a-f) consisting of a partly woven textile (part a) with unwoven warps, attached shedding devices and accompanying wooden tools. The weaving consists of a large x-shape filled with a lozenge pattern surrounded by stripes all on a burgundy ground. Both ends have large woven sections with an unwoven, cream coloured centre. There are cylindrical loom bars attached to the textile at each end. In the middle are three sticks with string heddles and a shed roll (part c). In addition, there is large stick with tapered, pointed ends (part b) along with three long, cylindrical shaped sticks (parts d, e, f).

Culture
Maya ?
Material
fibre, wood, dye and lacquer
Made in
Quiche, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Backstrap Loom1217/1 a-d

A loom (parts a-d) with an incomplete textile (part a) consisting of an orange and blue strap with geometric shapes that ends with numerous long strands of twine. Part b: wooden bar, cylindrical in shape intertwine in the twine. Part c: wooden bar, cylindrical in shape intertwine in the twine. Part d: flat, thin wooden stick with rounded ends. There is a twisted, navy piece of twine attached to one of the sticks.

Culture
Tarasco
Material
wood, synthetic fibre ? and dye
Made in
Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
LoomEe3 a-h

Vertical loom with a partially completed weaving attached to it. Eight parts: partially woven red cotton with decorative panel (part a); bamboo rod (part b); wooden rod (part c); wooden rod (part d); bamboo rod (part e); flat wooden piece (part f); bobbin covered with red thread (part g); dark, flat wooden piece (part h).

Culture
Himalayas
Material
cotton fibre, bamboo grass, dye and wood
Made in
Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Loom378/1

A loom with a lightly coloured wood bow which curves and has a tan hide piece attached at one end and the strings for the weaving tied at the other end. One piece of bark separates the strings from each other as they are threaded through its holes, and another piece of bark is used to compress the quills used to create the weave design. The weave pattern alternates between yellow squares with a blue inner line and a green outer line, and green and red squares witha yellow inner line and a blue outer line. The background is white with a red line along the edges. The back of the hide reads "Dorothy Minoza / Fort ____ / N. W. T. / April 24/77"

Culture
Arctic America
Material
quill, fibre, skin, grey willow wood, bark and dye
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
LoomEe3 i

Woven bamboo loin strap with a wooden toggle at either end.

Culture
Himalayas
Material
paper and bamboo grass
Made in
Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
LoomE324 a

Textile on the loom is woven in a chevron and flower design in red, blue, green, yellow, orange, black, white and purple on a burgundy background. Rope is burgundy, green, purple and white. Loom and pick are carved and sanded. Pick is also painted. Many wooden pieces are attached in the weave.

Culture
Maya
Material
dye, lacquer, sisal fibre, leather skin, cotton fibre and wood
Made in
San Antonio De Aguas Calientes, Sacatepequez, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Incomplete LoomSa456 a-f

A partial set of backstrap loom pieces (parts a-f), consisting of a permanent bar (part a), two end bars (parts b and c), a dark brown pointed batten (part d), a heddle (part e) and a shed roll (part f). There is a purple string tied to the end of part a.

Culture
Maya: Mam
Material
bamboo grass, cotton fibre and wood
Made in
Colotenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Backstrap LoomSa449 a-g

A loom (parts a-g) with an unfinished woven wool textile consisting of burgundy, orange, blue, pink, green and yellow 8-forms on a burgundy and white striped ground. The textile is attached to two large, cylindrical shaped wooden sticks (part a); one at each end. Intertwine in the multi-coloured warp is a cylindrical shaped heddle covered in white twine (part c); a flat, rectangular batten with triangular, pointed ends (part d); two shed rolls (parts e-f) and a permanent bar (part g). Part b is a rectangular shaped, brown woven backstrape with brown and green twine ties at each end.

Culture
Maya: Mam
Material
cotton fibre, synthetic fibre ?, plant fibre, wood, plastic, bamboo grass and dye
Made in
Colotenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Loom2509/10

Fibre loom, partially woven into a tie. Threads are tied off at one end, followed by woven threads, with white and green down centre and blue on edges of dark red ground. Rest is of unwoven threads twisted together.

Culture
Quechua
Material
dye and wool fibre
Made in
Taquile, Puno, Peru
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record
Loom1353/5

A loom with a lightly coloured wood bow which curves and has a tan hide piece attached at one end and the strings for the weaving tied at the other end. One piece of cardboard separates the strings from each other as they are threaded through its holes. The weaving string is tied in a bundle around the cardboard-paper shuttle (which reads: Morgun ? Sahawen"). The design has a white background with an alternating pattern of red-purple and pink diamonds with an alternating pattern of green and purple hour-glass-shapes in between.

Culture
Dene ?
Material
wood, dye, paper, cotton fibre, porcupine quill and skin
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
View Item Record