sample (natural objects)

Sample of a whole silk moth cocoon, which is yellow-cream in colour, and has been flattened. It is housed in a small rectangular cardboard box, with one other cocoon and a sample of silk fibres.

There is an inscription on the lid of the box which reads: 'Colonial and Indian Exhibition, / (LONDON 1886) / INDIAN SILK CULTURE COURT. / BENGAL SILK, / (reeled in the exhibition,) / AND / COCOONS.'

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn12191.3
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 24 mm x 13 mm x 7 mm; in box: 94 mm x 55 mm x 19 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
silk
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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