Cestineria Sarda / Intreccio Tradizionale Sardo
A family of basket-weaving traditions across Sardinia using asphodel (asfodelo), dwarf palm (palma nana), rush (giunco), and willow — each area of the island producing distinctively patterned baskets reflecting local plant ecology and aesthetic vocabulary, with Castelsardo (Sassari) as the most celebrated center, producing the fine giunco baskets with complex geometric polychrome patterns.
Risk level: Vulnerable · No listing; proposed for Italian ICH list
The hand-carving of pietra leccese, a fine-grained golden limestone unique to a small area of the Salento peninsula in Puglia, quarried from Miocene-era marine sediment rich in calcium carbonate and microfossils — a stone so soft when…
The hand-thrown and hand-painted pottery of Grottaglie, in Puglia's Taranto province, produced across two historically distinct traditions — caposanara (or ruagnara), utilitarian ware such as amphorae, kitchen vessels, and giant…
The weaving of baskets, mats, and household containers in Puglia's Salento peninsula from olive-tree twigs and rushes (giunco) — materials so abundant that most modern olive-pruning waste is now simply burned rather than woven — in which…
Fine filigree in pure silver and sometimes gold, made in Cortina d'Ampezzo from the 18th century and at its finest in the 1890s.
Hand-forged decorative ironwork made in the Ampezzo valley for alpine residences, hotels, shops and museums: gates, railings, stair balustrades, window grilles, doors, fireplace hoods, lamps, locks, hardware and furniture.
An Indian technique of inlaying metal into wood, brought to Cortina d'Ampezzo in 1881 by the English engineer John G.
The coiled construction of Rwanda's iconic conical-lidded baskets from sisal fiber and natural dyes, woven predominantly by women and known internationally as the 'peace basket.' Origins are described directly by specialist ethnographic…
The growing, processing and weaving of basket willow ('withies') on the peat moors of the Somerset Levels, England.
The pit-loom weaving of striped cotton cloth by male weavers of Mogadishu and the adjacent Benaadir coastal region of southern Somalia, a textile tradition documented continuously from at least the early 14th century to the present.
The hand-weaving of raffia palm fiber into the ngombi, the traditional single-piece garment of the Fang people, Equatorial Guinea's largest ethnic group.
The hand making of round bamboo steamer baskets for Cantonese cooking, from splitting Luo bamboo into flat strips to weaving the base and lid.
The braiding of local wheat straw into cuelchas (long plaited strands, giving the craft its practitioner name, colchandera) and their sewing into the chupalla, Chile's national huaso hat, in Ninhue and neighboring communes of the Itata…