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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
• N'laka'pamux Basketry Making Today
• Conservation of the Baskets
• N'laka'pamux Basket Makers
  • Langley Centennial Museum
  • Yale & District Historical Society
  • Lytton First Nation
  • Kwantlen First Nation
• Glossary of Terms
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements

Butterfly Design

Design Description

The basket has 3 rows of alternating rows red and black butterflies using natural and dyed wild cherry bark and bear grass which is dried in the sun to become white.

Length

21 ½ inches or 54.6 cm

Width

12 ¼ inches or 31 cm

Height

13 ½ inches or 34.3 cm

Shape and Use

General storage; rectangular and deep; flared from bottom to top.

Weave

Coiled bundle

Materials

Split cedar root, cherry bark, and bear grass

Culture

Nlaka'pamux

History

Donor: Gladys Hunter. As part of her inventory, Mrs. Hunter called this basket No. 4.