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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

Diagonal Lines Basket

Design Description

Bowl has diagonal lines from bottom to top, each consisting of one strip of red, white and black; foot has coils with black beads alternating with plain.

Length

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Width

19 cm

Height

8.75 cm

Shape and Use

Small bowl with two-coil foot, and handles of one coil; good condition, no apparent use or disuse

Weave

Coiled bundled; imbricated. Foot is imbricated two coils.

Materials

Split Cedar Root; Inner Bark of the Chokecherry - Natural Red, Treated Dyed Black. Bear Grass, sun-bleached white

Culture

N'laka'pamux, most likely Boston Bar if by Emma Florence; or North Bend or Lower Fraser Canyon.

History

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

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