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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

Design Description

Series of arrows in ladders, superimposed by a white line. Each arrow in the series alternates between black and red. Each ladder points in the opposite direction (up and down) of the ones next to it. There are four ladders on each length side, and one on each end or width side. One corner has a series of three diamonds, which may be a signature, since none of the other three corners have this feature. The diamonds dangle from the top edge; the interiors are white, while the outlines alternate red and black.

Length

23 cm

Width

33 cm

Height

16 cm

Shape and Use

Storage; rectangular and deep;, flared from bottom to top. 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.

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