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Message:: [QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 8537586, member: 8267"]Welcome, [USER=22667]@research[/USER]. It is unfortunate that your textile is damaged in areas that usually are helpful in identifying Navajo weaving - the corners and the top and bottom edges (the ends with the loose yarn ends). But one feature remains visible that argues against it being Navajo made. Along the selvage edges (the vertical edges) it looks like there are multiple warps used in the first three or four rows. (The warps are the yarns that were originally stretched on the loom as the foundation for the fabric; the "weft" is the yarn that is woven over and under the warp yarns.) This is a technique that is  characteristic of Mexican and New Mexican Chimayo weavings, which are made on a floor loom. Navajo weaving is done on a vertical loom with a unique technique that does not use multiple warps along the edges (with occasional exceptions where you may find 2 warps used only in the last row at the edges). The Navajo technique also does not produce fringe on either end. The small designs included in your textile are also more characteristic of Mexican/Chimayo motifs.[/QUOTE]