Reeled silk skein; Merida, Venezuela; 1923
notes: label: Description
content: One of several cocoon samples and three skeins of reeled silk (yellow/natural; white/bleached, and dyed/pink) forwarded the the US National Museum by US Consul John O. Sanders, from Merida, Venezuela, in 1924. The samples were given to the Consul by a local sericulturist, Mr. Briceno Gabaldon. Mr. Sanders reported on sericulture in Merida in his Consular report of June 1923, file no. 862.2.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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.T04707.000
label: catalog number
content: T04707.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: silk skein
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: dye (overall production method/technique)