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Hey all! I recently inherited a relative's personal fur collection, with one snag - I'm pretty sure some of these are exotics, although I'm not sure. Can anyone help me identify them for certain?
The first is a hat I initially thought was printed rabbit, but it doesn't feel like rabbit to the touch and has long guard hairs all over the fur. I think this might be some kind of cat fur? I've never actually encountered big cat fur before, so I don't know for sure, but it definitely doesn't look or feel like the dyed rabbit I initially took it for.
The second is a collar, might be lippi? Not positive, but it's smoother and flatter than the hat. The label reads "Al Raben Furs, St. Louis MO"
After some research I'm pretty sure the muff is some kind of monkey, since it feels (really eerily) similar to human hair, but I'm not sure what kind. It's silky, and kind of hard to get a picture of since it's so dark. I'm told it dates back to the 1940s, but that's all I know.
Thank you!
The first is a hat I initially thought was printed rabbit, but it doesn't feel like rabbit to the touch and has long guard hairs all over the fur. I think this might be some kind of cat fur? I've never actually encountered big cat fur before, so I don't know for sure, but it definitely doesn't look or feel like the dyed rabbit I initially took it for.
The second is a collar, might be lippi? Not positive, but it's smoother and flatter than the hat. The label reads "Al Raben Furs, St. Louis MO"
After some research I'm pretty sure the muff is some kind of monkey, since it feels (really eerily) similar to human hair, but I'm not sure what kind. It's silky, and kind of hard to get a picture of since it's so dark. I'm told it dates back to the 1940s, but that's all I know.
Thank you!