Silk gut for sutures and fishing line, 1873
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1873
notes: label: Description
content: Silk gut for sutures and fishing line, 1873. Made from the silk glands of mature silkworms. Used as a tie material in surgery and for fishing tackle. This specimen was a part of the Chinese government exhibit at the Vienna Exposition of 1873. Given by the Philadelphia Commercial Museum in 1914 along with some other silk-related specimens.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Philadelphia Commercial Museum, 1914
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T02085.000
label: catalog number
content: T2085
label: accession number
content: 57520
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Gut
label: Object Name
content: silk gut
label: Object Type
content: gut
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (?? material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 3 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 7.62 cm x 8.89 cm x 16.51 cm