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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 Tray with Looping and Handles

Design Description

Three concentric circles of arrowheads pointing outward from the center of the basket; inner circle is composed of four black arrowheads; a second ring of ten red arrowheads encircle these, and are themselves encircled by a final ring of eighteen black arrowheads; outside perimeter of the tray also has twenty-two arrowheads, alternating red and black.

Length

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Width

49.5 cm

Height

6.5 cm

Shape and Use

"Serving tray" with handles, and looping around top edge; flat bottomed; circular in shape.

Weave

Coiled bundled;, imbricated.

Materials

Split 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. See Freeman-Southwell-Pearson history note at top and bottom.

Notes:

Outer arrows need to be counted.