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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 and Diamond Jar with Handles

Design Description

Large red zig-zags along top and bottom edges, with four red diamonds circling the middle-section of the basket; two front and back, and one each between the two handles.

Length

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Width

30 cm

Height

27 cm

Shape and Use

Vase-shaped jar, conical or flared outward from bottom to top; probably used for storage; handles are large and curved, attached from near top to two thirds of way toward bottom; one on each side.

Weave

Coiled bundled, and coiled over cedar slats; imbricated; bottom made of cedar slats.

Materials

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

Culture

Possibly N'laka'pamux, but most likely Coast Salish (downriver Fraser tribes), possibly using techniques learned from the upriver N'laka'pamux.

History

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

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