Sample
Flax
97-124-134
Location: On Display in the Ancient Food & Flavor
From: Switzerland | Zurich Canton | Lake Pfaffikon | Robenhausen
Curatorial Section: European
| Object Number | 97-124-134 |
| Current Location | Ancient Food & Flavor - On Display |
| Culture | Swiss Lake Dweller |
| Provenience | Switzerland | Zurich Canton | Lake Pfaffikon | Robenhausen |
| Period | Neolithic |
| Date Made | 4300-2300 BCE |
| Section | European |
| Materials | Flax |
| Technique | Woven |
| Description | Woven flax. Original Tag "25. Stuff made of flax, woven. Thicker, coarser stuff made of flax, matted, has also been found. Raw Flax in stems with seeds - vessels of them has been found, No trace of hemp has been observed. This very small specimen is none the better for having been compressed. A. Morlot, Lausanne 22 March 1862." |
| Height | 0.5 cm |
| Length | 6.2 cm |
| Width | 6.5 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1997 |
| Other Number | L-124-134 - Old Museum Number | 11071 - ANSP Number | 25 - Collector Number |
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