Display box of silkworm cocoons; Consular Collection
date: label: date made
content: 1898-1918
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Silkworm cocoons, inside box which riginally no doubt had a glass cover. Box wrapped in white tissue paper with thin orange stripes.
label: Description
content: Silkworm cocoons, inside box which riginally no doubt had a glass cover. Box wrapped in white tissue paper with thin orange stripes.
label: Description
content: Consular collection: Part of collection of samples acquired by US Consuls overseas between about 1898 and 1918, in the interests of promoting US trade and business opportunities; which was transferred by the Dept. of Commerce in the 1920s-30s.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Consular Collection Textile Samples
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from the Department of Commerce
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN80511V05
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cocoons
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: cocoons: 3 cm x 1 cm; 1 3/16 in x 3/8 in
label: Measurements
content: box: 15 cm x 13 cm x 2.5 cm; 5 29/32 in x 5 1/8 in x 31/32 in