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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

Small Bowl with Foot, Stars Design

Design Description

This very tiny bowl has just six small star designs on it; three in red, three in black. Each star is made of only four imbricated stitches for the rays, with bare, unimbricated centres. The two colours of stars are offset from each other, the black near the bottom and the red near the top; stars are evenly spaced around the circumference of the bowl.

Length

-

Width

8.5 cm

Height

5 cm

Shape and Use

Small bowl with foot; foot is one coil; basket itself is composed of eight coils; very likely used for snacks like nuts or candy.

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.

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