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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 1162474, member: 45&quot;]All I can definitely say, is that it is not Native American.&nbsp; The way it is woven, with the thick edge warp thread, rules that out, as is the fact that it has a stitched hem.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I would suspect a Mexican origin.&nbsp; Possibly Rio Grande, but despite the numerous on line claims, Rio Grande blankets are not &quot;Pueblo&quot; or &quot;Native American,&quot; they are Hispanic, woven on horizontal treadle floor looms, by the early Spanish colonial settlers in the Southwest.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Before the Industrial Revolution made metal reeds available, the handmade wooden reeds limited the width of the weaving, resulting in the center seams found on earlier Rio Grande blankets.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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