The National Museum of Norway

Little video of processing the Swedish Helsinge lamb fleece. Helsinge is a heritage breed known for it’s double coat - the inner coat (thel) is super soft and warm, whilst the outer coat (tog) is coarser and shiny. The different properties of the tog & thel make each more suited for certain applications (ie use thel for something warm and toasty for next to skin, & use tog for outwear that needs to endure weather or abraison). To separate the coats you use double tine combs and comb away until all the strong fibers are aligned so the tog can be dized out leaving the thel caught between the tines.

Comb PNGs credit not necessary but appreciated!

https://whatyoulookingatnow.blogspot.com/2025/02/traditional-translucent-horn-combs.html

comb (cisakulo) of wood with glass beads, chokwe-style; central african, possibly congolese c. 1800s.

Unknown Combs Predynastic, Late Naqada l–Naqada II ca. 3900–3500 B.C. Egypt Said to be from: Northern Upper Egypt, Balyana Ivory (elephant) h. 10 x w. 5.9 x th. 1 cm (3 15/16 x 2 5/16 x 3/8 in.) Repository The Metropolitan Museum of Art