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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 1045280, member: 45&quot;]Not Navajo or Native American.&nbsp; Here&#039;s how to tell:</p><p><br /></p><p>The Navajo are the only Native American tribe that weaves rugs, and their weavings are identified not by the design, but by the way they are woven. They will never be woven with fringe on both ends.&nbsp; </p><p>The Navajo use a unique type of loom and weaving technique (an upright loom with a continuous warp) which results in a rug with yarn loops in each corner (which may be cut), instead of fringe across the top and bottom.&nbsp; It is physically impossible to weave a rug with fringe on both ends on a Navajo loom.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Just because a rug doesn&#039;t look like it has fringes on both ends, doesn&#039;t necessarily mean that it is Navajo, however.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whenever you see a single twisted, thick cord sticking out from each corner, it is a sign of a Mexican copy.&nbsp; Navajo rugs will have yarn tassels in each corner, but they will not be twisted together into a single cord.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a couple additional ways to tell if a rug is genuine, or a copy, which require a hands-on examination.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fringe can be woven back into the body of the rug, or bound off, or hidden, to make it look like a Navajo rug.&nbsp; If it is woven back, there will be a slight variation in the texture or the last inch or two of the ends of the rug, where each weft stitch will be covering two warps, instead of one. If it is bound off, it will be wrapped with yarn or a cloth edging, or finished with the thick twisted cords.</p><p><br /></p><p>A final way to tell is to carefully separate the outer weft threads on the long edge of the rug to reveal the underlying outside warp thread. If it is a &quot;bundle&quot; of three or more threads, or a thicker yarn than the rest of the warp threads, the rug is not Navajo. </p><p><br /></p><p>Any of these signs are an indication of a copy, or non-Native American weaving.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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