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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

Circle Beaded Tray

Design Description

Outer circle consists of three solid rings: red, then black, then red; inner circle has three rings consisting of the same colours, but these are beaded, not solid; imbrication alternates as one imbrication, one bare, and so on; bottom is plain; black beaded imbrication around outside of rim.

Length

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Width

19 cm

Height

7 cm

Shape and Use

"Serving tray" with two handles on opposite sides. Tray is semi-deep with a rounded bottom; handles are two coils thick; good condition; no apparent use or disuse.

Weave

Coiled bundled; imbricated

Materials

Split cedar root; inner bark of the chokecherry (naturally red, dye 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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