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• Introduction
• The N'laka'pamux Territory
• About N'laka'pamux Basketry
  and the work of James Alexander Teit (1864-1922)
• The Pearson Basket Collection at the LCM
  • The Baskets
  • The Collection
• N'laka'pamux Basketry Making Today
• Conservation of the Baskets
• N'laka'pamux Basket Makers
• Glossary of Terms
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements

Laddered Arrows Basket with Lid

Design Description

Although this design has, for convenience, been termed laddered arrows, it is much harder to define because of the wing-like protuberances on the sides of the arrow shapes. If they are arrows, they are pointing down, while the wings would appear to face upward.

Length

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Width

35 cm at handle

Height

26 cm

Shape and Use

Round and deep; nut shape with flat lid; small handle on basket; small knob handle on lid, both of basketry; good condition, no apparent use or disuse.

Weave

Coiled bundled, imbricated.

Materials

Split cedar root; inner bark of the chokecherry, naturally red, dyed black; bear grass (sun-bleached white).

Culture

N'laka'pamux, most likely North Bend or Lower Fraser Canyon

History

Donor: Mrs. Aida Freeman; collected by her mother Mrs. Kathleen Edith Pearson Southwell.