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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 11060495, member: 8267&quot;]Yes, your weaving is Navajo, probably dating to the first quarter of the 20th century. The &quot;whirling log&quot; was a common design before it was co-opted by the Nazis. The yarn is handspun, in the natural colors of the sheep&#039;s fleece (undyed) and looks like churro wool, (which should feel soft and smooth). This would also place the date before the 1930&#039;s, when the US government decided to &quot;improve&quot; the Navajo sheep by eliminating most of the traditional churro and introducing the merino breed.</p><p><br /></p><p>An interesting feature about your rug is its original orientation on the loom. The Navajo weave on a vertical loom, with the warp threads stretched vertically between two beams. The weaver passes the weft threads back and forth in the horizontal direction, packing each pass down to effectively cover the warp threads. Usually, the longest dimension of the completed weaving runs in the same direction as the warp. The treatment of the finished edges of a Navajo weaving - the warp ends and the side selvages - are unique and can be distinguished. From your photos, it looks like the warp runs along the shorter dimension of your rug. This would mean it was an unusual set up for the loom, smaller than usual, or more probably the weaver planned to make more than one rug on the same warp. If that is the case, the two warp edges (along the brown borders) should look slightly different.</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.millicentrogers.org/pages/a-brief-history-of-the-swastika-symbol-and-its-use-in-navajo-weaving-with-author-dennis-agner#:~:text=Navajo%20(Din%C3%A9)%20Weaving%20with%20Whirling,in%20a%20variety%20of%20ways" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.millicentrogers.org/pages/a-brief-history-of-the-swastika-symbol-and-its-use-in-navajo-weaving-with-author-dennis-agner#:~:text=Navajo%20(Din%C3%A9)%20Weaving%20with%20Whirling,in%20a%20variety%20of%20ways" rel="nofollow">https://www.millicentrogers.org/pages/a-brief-history-of-the-swastika-symbol-and-its-use-in-navajo-weaving-with-author-dennis-agner#:~:text=Navajo (Diné) Weaving with Whirling,in a variety of ways</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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