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Camel hair

Scope note

Fine body hair, or camel wool, used as a textile fiber. For artists' brushes usually made from the hair of squirrels, use "camel hair brushes."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300011816

Broader Terms used

<hair by composition or origin>

Term used for

camel's hair
hair, camel

Created

13yrs ago

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