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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 Storage with Foot, Fitted Lid, and Handles

Design Description

Zig-zag design compose of five lines of colour; white on the inside, surrounded on both sides by two lines of red; the red is then surrounded on both sides by two lines of black; lid has a similar zig-zag pattern, but lines are curved instead of straight; pattern follows the outline of the lid.

Length

27 cm

Width

45 cm

Height

29 cm

Shape and Use

Rectangular basket has a foot composed of two coils with no imbrication; basket is wide at the top, tapering towards the base to create a very stylized bow-shape, not usually seen in most N'laka'pamux baskets; lid has a bundled coiled handle attached at two points near the centre; inside lid has a lip which appears to be a cedar slat, coiled over to make a tight fit for the lid.

Weave

Coiled bundled; imbricated; foot is two coils.

Materials

Cedar root; inner bark of the chokecherry (naturally red, dyed black); bear grass, (sunbleached white).

Culture

N'laka'pamux, possibly North Bend or Lower Fraser Canyon.

History

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

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