Hank of silkworm gut fishing line; Spain 1880
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1880
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One of five hanks of Spanish silkworm gut fishing line, "Extra salmon trout"; Spain 1880. Imported by and purchased from Conroy, Bissett & Malleson, 65 Fulton St. NY, NY. For the London Fisheries Exhibition, 1883. See the US National Museum Bulletin No.127, p.27.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Used for trout, salmon and bass leaders. Price $4.00 per 100. (No. E-42833: "Extra Salmon Trout").
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Spain
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: American Silks
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content: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T01096.00C
label: catalog number
content: T01096.000
label: accession number
content: 8655
label: catalog number
content: T1096.00C
objectType: label: Object Name
content: silkworm gut
label: Object Name
content: fishing line
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 22 3/8 in x 1 in; 1.905 cm x 56.8325 cm x 2.54 cm