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Two bundles of flax plant at different stages of refinement. One is partially broken flax to remove outside to get to figures with off-white ribbon and the other is much longer and consists of fibers freed from the husk and combed straight with green string.
vegetation
flax (fiber)
Biospecimen
Specimen, Plant
Specimen, Plant
"Flax plant partially/ broken to remove/ outside to get/ inside fibers"
"Famous Artist/ Studios"
"Inside fibers freed of husk/ combed straight/to be used on/ the flax wheel/ spinning wheel"
Unknown
29 x 2 x 2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Margaret Horsch Lightbody
2005.24.20
New Hampshire (United States)
Weare (Hillsborough county, New Hampshire)
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