llama fibre

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  • Sacsahuamán, Peru: llama
    In llama: Llama fleece

    7 pounds) of fibre. Llama fleece consists of the coarse guard hairs of the protective outer coat (about 20 percent) and the short crimped (wavy) fibre of the insulating undercoat. The coarse fleece is inferior to the wool of the alpaca. The hair’s colour is usually variegated, generally…

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  • In specialty hair fibre

    >llama, alpaca, and vicuña (q.q.v.) fibres, all from members of the genus Lama.

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