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    Shahtoosh (from Persian شاهتوش 'king of wools'), also known as Shatoush, is a wool obtained from the fur of the chiru (Pantholops hodgsonii, also called...
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    weave and for being made of fine shahtoosh or pashmina wool. Contemporary variants include the pashmina and shahtoosh shawls (often mononymously referred...
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    This underfur, known as shahtoosh (a Persian word meaning "king of fine wools"), is used to weave luxury shawls. Shahtoosh shawls were traditionally...
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    American vicuña, an animal of the family of camelidae. The wool has, after shahtoosh, the second smallest fiber diameter of all animal hair and is the most...
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    back to the Indus Valley Civilisation are believed to be Pashmina and Shahtoosh. The material gained prominence through its use in the Kashmir shawl....
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    goats is 14 to 19 μm, while angora rabbit is 8 to 12 μm, and that of shahtoosh from the Tibetan antelope, or chiru, is from 9 to 12 μm. Vicuña in the...
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    beliefs expressed in different shawls. The most expensive shawls, called shahtoosh, are made from the under-fleece of the Tibetan antelope or Chiru. These...
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    chiru or Tibetan antelope is hunted for its pelt, which is used in making shahtoosh wool, used in shawls. Since the fur can only be removed from dead animals...
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  • clothing is the Kashmiri shawl. Kashmiri shawl varieties include the Shahtoosh, popularly known as the 'ring shawl' and the pashmina wool shawls, historically...
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    Chiengora wool Glass wool Llama wool Lopi Mineral wool Mohair Pashmina Shahtoosh Tibetan fur Braaten, Ann W. (2005). "Wool". In Steele, Valerie (ed.)....
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    English (or Ladakhi tsos), has traditionally been hunted for its wool (shahtoosh), a natural fibre of some of the finest quality. The wool of the Tibetan...
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    of shawl distinctive for its Kashmiri weave, and traditionally made of shahtoosh or pashmina wool. François Bernier, witnessing the shawl industry first...
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    of any brand to be recycled by Re-Verso in Tuscany. Cameline Pashmina Shahtoosh International Year of Natural Fibres Environmental impact of fashion Emiel...
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    tiger and leopard skins and bones, bear gall bladders, otter pelts, and shahtoosh wool into India. The Indian government has undertaken a program to sensitise...
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    under-wool (Urdu: shahtoosh, tsoskul), which must be pulled out by hand, a process done after the animal is killed. This shahtoosh is valued in South...
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    poached for its fine wool, which is made by Kashmiri weavers into the Shahtoosh shawl. The film Kekexili: Mountain Patrol documents efforts to protect...
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  • last documentary in 2001 is on the controversial Kashmiri shawl called Shahtoosh, or referred to by animal activists as the 'blood-shawl'. Javed Jaffrey...
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    seizures of wildlife articles ranging from tiger bones and skins, ivory, shahtoosh shawls and wool, bear bile, hathajodi to mongoose hair and brushes. Under...
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  • they can be found as high as 5500 m. [...] The Shahtoosh is banned as chiru are killed for Shahtoosh, from which fine woolen yarn is produced which commands...
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  • original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015. Yusuf Jameel. "Shahtoosh ban hits Kashmir weavers". The National (Abu Dhabi). Retrieved 3 October...
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  • and is smuggled, especially to Kashmir, India where it is woven into shahtoosh shawls. Predators include snow leopards (Panthera uncia or Uncia uncia)...
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  • Trade to the Asian Elephant, Fashioned for Extinction: An Exposé of the Shahtoosh Trade, Handbook of Environment, Forest and Wildlife Protection Laws in...
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  • Sericin Set-saree Setesdalsbunad Sgian-dubh Shadbelly Shagreen Shahmina Shahtoosh Shako Shalwar kameez Shalu (sari) Shahmina Shank (footwear) Sharkskin...
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