After roughly 160 years in storage at the Smithsonian Institution, the only surviving pelt of the once-abundant woolly dog has returned close to home.
“The dog to whom this pelt belonged originated in the Chilliwack area in the territories of the Stó:lō people,” Jordan Wilson, curator of Pacific Northwest and Contemporary Indigenous Art at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, and a member of the Musqueam nation, said.
He said the breed was intentionally bred by the Coast Salish, Interior Salish and Makah people for their fur, which was used in weaving.
The fur was sheared and spun, made into blankets and clothing by…
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