Sample of Mexican wild silk in the raw state; 1885 New Orleans Exposition exhibit
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1885
notes: label: Description
content: Sample of Mexican wild silk in the raw state; 1885 New Orleans Exposition exhibit. "Acc. 16993 H7898 Cocoon of Wild (uncultivated) silk Mexico Eutachyplena fsidii Salle, Lasecamfidae. Mexican Comission N.O. Expo 1885 Feb. 20, 1886" on note.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Mexico
topic: label: web subject
content: American Textile Industry
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E187898.000
label: catalog number
content: H007898.000
label: catalog number
content: E187898
label: accession number
content: 16993
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Silk Fiber
label: Object Name
content: silk fiber sample
label: Object Type
content: silk
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in x 9 in; 3.81 cm x 11.43 cm x 22.86 cm