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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;komokwa, post: 5844308, member: 301&quot;]Ohhhhhhhh, pretty , pretty !!</p><p><br /></p><p>Coast Salish wool weaving.</p><p>A very old NWC native tradition...passed down thru the generations....</p><p>They started weaving the coats of Salish Dogs with fine cedar bark&nbsp; !</p><p>( no pun intended.....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />..)</p><p><br /></p><p>.these dogs are now extinct..........<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie22" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/sites/default/files/styles/max_1300x1300/public/2021-02/gallery_dog.jpg?itok=9hDeJAhE" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>.</p><p><img src="https://theorca.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Feature-Image.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>.</p><p><img src="https://allfiberarts.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/SalishBlanket.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://d3i71xaburhd42.cloudfront.net/b0df2d80060b0e94e799a15c119e537853916f56/2-Figure1-1.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>.I had or still have one with the arrow.....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" />...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Odd that this was made by a guy.....but in the late 70&#039;s a kind of craft revival of these tourist size weavings took place...</p><p><br /></p><p>Undoubtably , the arrows came from the same place, but I know not where on the coast they were produced...</p><p>It means nothing other than this is an Indian handicraft.</p><p><br /></p><p>( but... maybe an older weaver in Duncan, or up by the Cowichen , or the Weaving Guild,&nbsp; might know...better than I )</p><p>but it&#039;s a nice touch...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pennier.......... George is a fine carver....I don&#039;t know Hank !</p><p><br /></p><p>At one time, I grabbed any of these I could find....and still have an old traditional colored weaving.... at 56 x 64 approx , it&#039;s the largest I&#039;ve seen out of a museum..</p><p><br /></p><p>nice find....</p><p><br /></p><p>this is a good read....not to long......great historic and present day info.....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://pocoheritage.org/salish-woolly-dogs/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://pocoheritage.org/salish-woolly-dogs/" rel="nofollow">https://pocoheritage.org/salish-woolly-dogs/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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