box (containers)

General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn12191.4.1
General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no nn12191.4.1

Base of a cardboard box, containing a sample of yellow-cream coloured silk fibres and two silk cocoons.

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
nn12191.4.1
Date
before 1886
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 17 mm x 91 mm x 53 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
cardboard
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
On display: Horniman Museum > World Gallery > World Gallery Balcony > Horniman's Vision > Horniman's Sources > Exhibitions
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