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Table 1 Overview of the main characteristics per sample as assessed by light microscopy

From: Forensic investigation of microtraces on an item of Dutch eighteenth century clothing in the Rijksmuseum collection

Sample ID

Main characteristics

1

Brown, flaky, transparent

2

Black, yellow, fibrous

3

Brown, flaky, textile-Like

4.1

Brown, flaky, transparent

4.2

Brown, transparent, speckled

4.3

Fibrous

4.4

Black, irregular

4.5

Brown, cylindrical, heterogenous

4.6

White, transparent, veins, scales, wing-like

5

Brown, flaky, transparent

6.1

Brown, flaky, transparent

6.2

Textile-Like

6.3

Brown, wood-like

7

Black/brown, flaky, transparent

8.1

Hair root, cylindrical, clean

8.2

Hair root, cylindrical, clean

8.3

Twisted fibers, shiny, transparent, homogenous

8.4

Hair root, continuous medulla, oval, dirty

8.5

Fibrous, wood-like

8.6

Fibrous, flat, transparent, heterogenous

8.7

Hair root, brown, spinous scales, uniserial ladder, clean

8.8

Hair root, continuous medulla, oval, dirty

8.9

Twisted fibers, shiny, transparent, homogenous

9.1

Hair root, white, spinous scales, uniserial ladder, clean

9.2

Fibrous, frizzy, irregular

9.3

(Hair) continuous medulla, oval, dirty

9.4

Hair root, cylindrical, clean

9.5

Hair root, cylindrical, dirty

9.6

Hair root, cylindrical, dirty

9.7

Hair root, cylindrical, clean

9.8

Hair root, fragmented medulla, cylindrical, dirty

9.9

Hair root, fragmented medulla, cylindrical, dirty

  1. Sample IDs and their main visual characteristics are described