Canada · Textile / Weaving / Woodcarving
Coast Salish weaving tradition (SḎNƤĆ and other Coast Salish language terms vary)
A twined-weaving tradition using a distinctive long-shafted, large-diameter spindle whorl often carved with transformative crest imagery, producing blankets historically woven from the wool of a now-extinct domesticated Salish wool dog, mountain goat wool, and plant down, functioning as both textile and pre-contact currency.
Risk level: Endangered · Not Applicable — Canada is not a State Party to the UNESCO 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage; no Canadian technique can be formally ICH-inscribed regardless of significance. Indigenous advocates in Canada have publicly called for ratification.
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