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<p>[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 3716739, member: 45"]Your tassels are fine. Navajo rugs are supposed to have tassels on the corners, they just are not supposed to be thick, twisted, tied together or braided together into a stiff piece sticking out like on the fake Mexican copies. Sometimes on older rugs they will have been worn off.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the examples I gave in the links on post No. 9 are good examples of the non-Navajo rugs that people are claiming to be Navajo, and the type of tassels to avoid, if you are looking for an authentic Navajo rug.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Taupou, post: 3716739, member: 45"]Your tassels are fine. Navajo rugs are supposed to have tassels on the corners, they just are not supposed to be thick, twisted, tied together or braided together into a stiff piece sticking out like on the fake Mexican copies. Sometimes on older rugs they will have been worn off. Yes, the examples I gave in the links on post No. 9 are good examples of the non-Navajo rugs that people are claiming to be Navajo, and the type of tassels to avoid, if you are looking for an authentic Navajo rug.[/QUOTE]
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