Skein of dyed silk; Merida, Venezuela; 1923
notes: label: Description
content: Twisted skein of pink silk, aniline-dyed. 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. 862.2Twisted skein of pink silk, aniline-dyed. 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 Meria in his Consular report of June 1923, file no. 862.2
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T004710.000
label: catalog number
content: T4710
label: accession number
content: 71465
objectType: label: Object Name
content: silk sample
label: Object Name
content: silk skein
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7/16 in x 9 in x 1/2 in; 1.11125 cm x 22.86 cm x 1.27 cm