What is the Andean animal raised for its fine wool?

Vicuñas are relatives of the llama, and are now believed to be the wild ancestor of domesticated alpacas, which are raised for their coats. Vicuñas produce small amounts of extremely fine wool, which is very expensive because the animal can only be shorn every three years and has to be caught from the wild.

1. What animal has the finest wool?
2. What animal did the Incas get their wool from?
3. Which animal from the Andes provides high quality wool?
4. What animal did the people of the Andes domesticate?
5. What animals gives us wool?
6. Which animal gives us wool answer?
7. Which South American animal yields wool?
8. What is vicuna wool made from?
9. Where are alpacas indigenous to?
10. What is the highest quality wool?
11. What is luxury wool?
12. What animals were important to the Andean people?
13. What did Native Americans use llamas for?
14. Why do indigenous people in present day South America dress up llamas?

What animal has the finest wool?

The finest and softest sheep's wool is Merino which comes from the Merino sheep. It is the most popular breed of sheep used for clothing and produces the most luxurious wool, famous for its fine staples at about 20-25 microns in diameter (superfine merino can sometimes be down to 17 microns) and a soft hand feel.

What animal did the Incas get their wool from?

Vicuña wool is a very fine wool made from an animal called a vicuña, a South American camelid that lives in the high alpine areas of the Andes. Vicuñas are cousins of llamas and were celebrated by the Incas for their fine wool.

Which animal from the Andes provides high quality wool?

Vicuña wool is the finest and rarest wool in the world. It comes from the vicuña, a small llama-like animal native to the Andes Mountains in Peru.

What animal did the people of the Andes domesticate?

Spanish forces arrived in the Andes in the 1530s and finally conquered the Incas after a 40-year struggle. The Incas had no cows, sheep, pigs, chickens or goats. Their only domesticated animals were llamas, alpacas and guinea pigs.

What animals gives us wool?

Sheep are the most prevalent producers of wool, though it also comes from rabbits, goats and alpacas. Here are some commonly used types of wool: Alpaca fiber is considered luxury material because it is soft and fine.

Which animal gives us wool answer?

Complete answer:

-We all know sheep gives us wool but it is not only the animal which gives us wool. -Wool is obtained from the fur of animals. Generally, sheep are dominant for providing wool but there are some other mammal species such as goats, camels and yak may also provide us wool.

Which South American animal yields wool?

Llama and alpaca of South America are the camel species that yield wool.

What is vicuna wool made from?

What is Vicuña? The Vicuña is an elegant, gracile animal, found exclusively in South America, primarily on the high alpine plateaus of the Central Andes.

Where are alpacas indigenous to?

Alpacas inhabit marshy mountainous areas from southern Colombia and Ecuador south to northern Chile and northern Argentina. They are slender-bodied animals with a long neck and long legs, a short tail, a small head, and large pointed ears. Alpacas (Vicugna pacos) are raised in the Andes Mountains of Peru and Bolivia.

What is the highest quality wool?

Merino wool is the highest quality wool, sourced from a breed of sheep called Merino. These sheep produce finer wool than other breeds, which means that the vast majority of Australian wool is suited to the manufacturing of the world's highest quality apparel and high-end fashion garments.

What is luxury wool?

Luxury wool fibers include Alpaca, Angora, Camelhair, Cashmere, and Mohair. This is the best of the best of wool fabric. Feel luxurious in these woolen fabrics.

What animals were important to the Andean people?

Both wild and domesticated animals were central to the lives of ancient Andean people. The most important of these were the American camelids. Four species of camelids live in Peru today as in the past: the llama, the alpaca, the guanaco and the vicuña.

What did Native Americans use llamas for?

Domesticated by Native Americans more than 5,000 years ago, llamas average around 4 feet tall at the shoulder. Primarily kept for their wool, they are also used for their meat, dung and hides. Llamas are kept in paddocks and never brought indoors; nor are they milked for human consumption.

Why do indigenous people in present day South America dress up llamas?

Incas and pre-Incas sacrificed llamas and alpacas in religious ceremonies to promote fertility in their herds. They served the animals' meat at state-sponsored celebrations to honor rain gods. And they sacrificed and buried these creatures on newly conquered lands to legitimize Inca presence.