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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We have a gentleman here in Pitt Meadows who is looking for a facility that might be interested in the donation of a basket with the following history:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dates to late 1950’s; made from reed from the Assiniboine River; donor’s mother bought from a First Nation’s woman at a road side stand near Brandon, Manitoba in 1959. I have attached three images and the basket measures approximately 80 x 50 x 30cm, and, yes, I am also working on contacting one of the two Museums in Brandon but am having problems with their website links.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If anyone is interested, please contact me at <a href="mailto:pittmeadowsmuseum@telus.net">pittmeadowsmuseum@telus.net</a> and I will pass you this individual’s email.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Leslie Norman<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Elephant",serif;color:#7030A0;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>PITT MEADOWS MUSEUM & ARCHIVES<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#FFC000;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>12294 Harris Road<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#FFC000;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>Pitt Meadows, BC, V3Y 2E9<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#FFC000;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>604-465-4322<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#FFC000;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA'>pittmeadowsmuseum.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>