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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 11047785, member: 8267&quot;]Not Navajo.</p><p><br /></p><p>The side edges are made using multiple warps as reinforcement - you can see the double ridges indicating multiple warps - </p><p>[ATTACH=full]535592[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is not a Navajo technique. Navajo weavers strengthen the edges with a separate pair of selvage cords twined around the edge.</p><p><br /></p><p>The undamaged edge area that you indicate shows the warps were originally knotted together in bundles to secure the ends of the rug. Navajo weaving leaves no warps loose at the ends as fringe or knots (except the selvage cords knotted at the corners).</p><p><br /></p><p>You are correct that your rug is not a typical kilim style of weaving. In kilims, the different colors of yarn loop around adjacent warps, leaving vertical slits where the colors change. Both your rug and Navajo weavings use variations of tapestry weave, where different colored wefts either loop alternately around the same warp, or loop around each other between warps.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/online-exhibit/19-century-navajo-weaving-asm/navajo-weaving-methods" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/online-exhibit/19-century-navajo-weaving-asm/navajo-weaving-methods" rel="nofollow">https://statemuseum.arizona.edu/online-exhibit/19-century-navajo-weaving-asm/navajo-weaving-methods</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.kilim.com/kilim-wiki/weaving-techniques?srsltid=AfmBOopi02c-muXx7Mze8aei-J78V0_srTibCSIDcFvRpLH1EHkCNbN_" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.kilim.com/kilim-wiki/weaving-techniques?srsltid=AfmBOopi02c-muXx7Mze8aei-J78V0_srTibCSIDcFvRpLH1EHkCNbN_" rel="nofollow">https://www.kilim.com/kilim-wiki/weaving-techniques?srsltid=AfmBOopi02c-muXx7Mze8aei-J78V0_srTibCSIDcFvRpLH1EHkCNbN_</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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