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Follow alpaca shearing and wool processing and weaving in the Andes
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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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Follow alpaca shearing and wool processing and weaving in the Andes
Learn how alpacas (Vicugna pacos) are raised in the Andes Mountains of Peru...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Visit Aymara and Quechua people on the Altiplano of Bolivia and Peru to see the ancient drop-spindle technique
Alpaca and sheep are herded on the Altiplano of Bolivia and Peru, where many Aymara...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Alpaca (Vicugna pacos).
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Alpacas (Vicugna pacos).
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Alpacas (Vicugna pacos).
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geographic ranges of living camelids
Present-day ranges of living members of the family Camelidae.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski
alpaca figurine
Alpaca, Inca silver figurine, 1200–1400ce; in...
Courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History, New York
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