Bundle pip yarn, nine pairs (eighteen kernels), still connected. Kernels consisted of wax-impregnated linen yarn. To draw candles from them, they were folded in a loop, strung on a stick and dipped in wax or fat, Nova Zembla, Behouden Huys, Willem Barendsz, Jacob van Heemskerck, anonymous, Netherlands (possibly), 1590 - 1596, wax, yarn, h cm × w cm w cm × h cm × d cm

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Bundle pip yarn, nine pairs (eighteen kernels), still connected. Kernels consisted of wax-impregnated linen yarn. To draw candles from them, they were folded in a loop, strung on a stick and dipped in wax or fat, Nova Zembla, Behouden Huys, Willem Barendsz, Jacob van Heemskerck, anonymous, Netherlands (possibly), 1590 - 1596, wax, yarn, h cm × w cm w cm × h cm × d cm

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