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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

Arrowhead Trivet

Design Description

Arrowheads pointing outwards, radiating from the centre of trivet; arrows alternate in red and black; six in total.

Length

-

Width

16.2 cm

Height

1 cm

Shape and Use

Trivet, used as a coaster or hot pot mat.

Weave

Coiled bundled; imbricated.

Materials

Split cedar root; inner bark of the chokecherry (naturally red, dyed black).

Culture

N'laka'pamux from Spuzzum, and later Yale.

History

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

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