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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

Bowl with Interlocking Ovals

Design Description

This large bowl has a pattern that gives the impression of ovals that interlock by the means of a series of zig zag lines that flatten at the top and bottom. The upper zig zag line is imbricated with red, white and then black. This black weave then forms the top of the next series of lines that is black, white and then red. This red line then forms the top of a white and black line. When looking at the basket from the top down the series of solid lines is red, white, black, white, red, white and black.

Width

8 inches – 24.5 inches round

Height

5 ¾ inches

Shape and Use

Large bowl in good condition

Materials

Split cedar root with additional material to create the black and red patterns.

Culture

Nlaka’pamux – North Bend

History

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