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Materials > Wool
Refers especially to the fine, soft, curly hair or fleece of sheep, but also the hair of the alpaca, vicuña, certain goats, and a few other animals.
c. 1575–90
c. 1400–1540; 16th century
2020
late 19th century
5th–6th century C.E.
2002–18
c. 600–900
2014
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