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Follow alpaca shearing and wool processing and weaving in the Andes

geographic ranges of living camelids

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Visit Aymara and Quechua people on the Altiplano of Bolivia and Peru to see the ancient drop-spindle technique

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Also Known As	Vicugna pacos

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geographic ranges of living camelids

alpaca figurine

Follow alpaca shearing and wool processing and weaving in the Andes

Visit Aymara and Quechua people on the Altiplano of Bolivia and Peru to see the ancient drop-spindle technique

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