Coast Salish weaving
traditional textile techniques of the Coast Salish peoples
Coast Salish weaving is a customary textile art of Coast Salish peoples in the Pacific Northwest. They are most noted for their twill blankets. The adoption of new fabrics, dyes, and weaving techniques allow the study of a wide variety of Salish weavings today.
History
According to oral history, blankets have been used for ceremonial purposes since the beginning of time. Coast Salish blankets identified the wearer as being a civic and religious leader in the community. Honored individuals would be adorned with a blanket to distinguish them or they would sit or stand upon their blankets so as to raise them in accordance of their honored status. Blankets also represented an individual's wealth and were often given away to members of the community or even other villages to show prosperity. Because of their high value, blankets were also used as a currency for which other goods could be purchased or bartered.
Women were in charge of making the blankets. Young girls were trained by their grandmothers as early as ten years of age, with more intense training at puberty.
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