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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

Wings Bowl

Design Description

Series of winged figures; each figure has red on top and black on bottom; basket has eight rows of three descending figures each; lid has seven figures dispersed around the outer edges, with wings facing opposite direction of basket figures. All rows are evenly positioned around the circumference of the basket.

Length

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Width

26 cm

Height

17 cm

Shape and Use

Round and deep; nut shape with flat lid; missing a handle; good condition; no apparent use or disuse.

Weave

Coiled bundled, imbricated; two coils are slightly raised and show bundles inside; showing between 5-8 strips.

Materials

Cedar root; inner bark of the chokecherry, naturally red, dyed black.

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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