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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

Zig-Zag Bowl

Design Description

Appears to be of Chilcotin or Lillooet design; a thin bowl with zig-zag motifs woven in; rim has pairs of square designs along it below the edge; colours used are: white and lavender for the rim squares, and combinations of white and aqua, black and pale yellow, and red and green for the zig-zags.

Length

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Width

23.5 cm

Height

15.5 cm

Shape and Use

Medium-sized bowl.

Weave

Thinner weave; imbricated.

Materials

Root or thick grass; dyed grasses.

Culture

Chilcotin or Lillooet.

History

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

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