Twisted Silk Threads
date: label: Accession Date
content: 10 Mar 2003
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Young-Yang Chung
notes: label: Notes
content: 8 loose skeins of silk thread. 4 are different shades of green, 2 are light pink, one dark pink, and one red. Slight S-spin, 2-ply with loose Z-twist. This type of thread is more durable than unspun floss, and is popular with Japanese and Korean embroiderers.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 8
place: label: Place
content: Korea (not certain), Asia (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Korean
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2019449
label: USNM Number
content: E430785-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Thread