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Breaking tool / Flax and hemp brake – a tool used to separate the woody part of flax and hemp stems from the fibers. The stems were crushed on the ground, stone, or wooden block using a mallet or pestle, or broken on a brake, most commonly on a trlica.

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Text source	https://www.ludovakultura.sk/polozka-encyklopedie/trlica/

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Hemp
Ancient times and the beginnings of cultivation Hemp (Cannabis sativa) is one of the oldest plants cultivated for textile purposes. Its use for...
- dewing
- soaking
- decortication/breaking
- combing
- spinning
- twisting
- wet felting
- felting
- weaving
- knitting
- bleaching
- dyeing
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Táto fáza projektu Knižnica lokálnych textilných materiálov bola podporená Fondom na podporu umenia.

This phase of the project Library of Local Textile Materials was supported by the Slovak Arts Council.

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